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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
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