APWH Modern: Unit 7 (Contemporary Era) - Eastern Europe

Serbia

Serbia and Russia wanted a powerful independent state; Austria didn’t want Serbia to be independent

Kerensky

Leader of the new Russian provisional government after the March Revolution

Soviets

Socialists representing radial interests of the lower classes

Bolsheviks

Faction of the Marxist Social Democratic Party, a member of the soviets

Led by Lenin

The New Economic Policy

Adopted by Lenin in 1921, gave peasants & retail stores/small industries more freedom

Yugoslavia

Became a source of conflict due to compromises made regarding ethnic lines after the WWI

Leon Trotsky

Leader expelled from the Communist Party in 1927 and murdered in Mexico by Joseph Stalin, who took over the party using his position as party secretary.

Collectivization

Collectivization of agriculture to get the capital needed for industrial growth. Inputted by Stalin in his 5-year program in 1928

Stalinist Purges

The purging of the Old Bolsheviks from 1936-1938 and of army officers, diplomats, union officials, party members, and citizens