The current president of the Russian federation
Youth organization for older children; anyone who was not a member had difficulty getting into university or obtaining a good job.
The USSR”s response to the NATO treaty established a defense-friendship alliance between Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany,Hungary, Poland, Romania and the USSR
: Came to power after the death of Stalin in 1953; began a process of liberalization and denounced Stalin’s brutality and abuse of power in his “secret speech” to the 20th Party Congress; ruled until 1964, when Brezhnev had him ousted
A group of countries (Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union) that united under the Warsaw Pact, intended to serve as a counterpoint to NATO; also referred to as the countries “behind the Iron Curtain.”
Russian revolution that deposed the tsar and the government in place; set up a provisional government that served until the
Bolsheviks staged the October Revolution.
Executive committee of the ‘Communist Party in the USSR and the body that selected the general secretary of the Communist Party.
Literally “openness,” this policy, introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev, increased political transparency of Soviet institutions and freedom of information.
‘Leader whose time in office most contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union and the Iron Curtain; adopted the policies of glasnost and perestroika
A U.S. foreign policy meant to prevent communism from spreading outside of the Eastern Bloc states; this policy led to a quadrupling of
U.S. defense spending, wars in Korea and Vietnam, the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban missile crisi
Policy adopted by Richard Nixon in 1972 that called for a more relaxed approach toward the Soviet Union to ease the tension from the Cold War; Ronald Reagan would later abandon this policy in favor of a vigorous anti-communist policy.
Literally “reconstruction” or “rebuilding.” Series of political and economic reforms adopted by Gorbachev that moved the country away from centralized state control. Established that multiple candidates could run for office (though all were Communist Party candidates) and legalized private ownership of businesses. The policy backfired and led to a food shortage, but it also became a vehicle for citizens to criticize their country and examine their theretofore unacknowledged history.
Leader of the Bolsheviks during the revolution; established the Soviet Union and was the first leader of the USSR Communist Party; his model of communism would become known as Marxism-Leninism.
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