Module 20

proletariat

the social class of wage-earners, those members of a society whose only possession of significant economic value is their labor power

Bolsheviks

radical marxists that were willing to sacrifice everything for change

lenin

leader of the Bolshevik party

Rasputin

Gained great influence over czarina and helped her rule. Nobles and advisors furious at losing their power

provisional government

or temporary government, was established and headed by alexander kerensky

soviet

local councils consisting of workers, peasants, and soldiers, and often had more power than provisional government

communist party

Bolshevik leaders renamed russia as the union of soviet socialists republics (USSR) . Change name of party

joseph stalin

next communist leader of russia after lenin

totalitarianism

government that takes total, centralized, state control over every aspect of public and private life

great purge

1937 eliminated anyone who threatened his power

command economy

system in which the government made all economic decisions

five-year plan

set impossibly high quotas on increase of output of steel, coal, oil, and electricity

collective farm

Combined farms into large government owned farms

kuomintag

or nationalist party, was pushing for modernization and nationalism

sun yixin

leader of kuomintang

may fourth movement

Chinese outrage over treaty of Versailles leads to demonstrations across china

mao zedong

one of the founders of the chinese communist party

jiang jiesha

becomes leader of kuomintang after sun’s

long march

700,000 nationalist soldiers surround mountain stronghold. Communist forces flee and march 6,000 miles. 1,000’s die from hunger, cold, exposure, and battle wounds

ottoman empire

The origins of modern-day Turkey trace back more than 600 years, when it was part of the vast and powerful

central powers

The Ottoman Empire joined this power

mustafa kemal

However, in 1922, a brilliant commander successfully led Turkish nationalists in fighting back the Greeks and their British backers