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duma
russian parliament
soviet
revolutionary council of labourers or peasents in russia before 1917; also: citizen of the Soviet Union
communism
system of social organisation in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to his ability and needs
bolshevik
member of the political party of Lenin
dictator
ruler with total power over a country, mostly one who had obtained control by force
New Economic Policy:
program instituted by Lenin for a temporarily more capitalism-oriented economies policy
superpower
very powerful en influential nation in the world
totalitarian state
state with a centralised government that is dictatorial and controls every part of people's lives
Five-Year Plan
Stalin's plan to industrialise the Soviet Union for five years
collectivisation
forceful joining of agriculture into huge state farms
kulak
peasant in Russia wealthy enough to own a farm and hire labour
Great Purge
period of repression and persecution in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s
Gulag forced labour camps
system of forced labour camps in which opponents of the Soviet Union were imprisoned and many people died
cult of personality
excessive public admiration for or devotion to a famous person
interbellum
the period between two world wars (i.e between 1918 and 1939)
fascism
nationalist and authoritarian political ideology founded by Mussolini
Blackshirts
private militia of Mussoloni
Weimar republic
name now used for germany from 1919 to 1933
Nazi Party
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche arbeiterpartei, abbreviated as NSDAP; German political party led by Hitler
national socialism
political ideology of the Nazi party
Brownshirts
private militia and guards of hitler
anti-Semitism
hostility to or prejudice against jews
stock
share; stocks can be bought or sold on a stock market
Wall Street Crash of 1929
stock market crash that started the Great Depression
Great Depression
great 10-year economis crisis that affected all western industrialised countries and started in 1929 in the USA
Hooverville
shanty town in the USA built by homeless people during the Great Depression
New Deal
series of programmes launched by president Roosevelt to solve the problems caused by the Great Depression
Dawes plan
plan of the Allies after WW1 to solve Germany's war reperation problem
reichstag
german parliament
enabling act
act through which Hitler obtained dictatorial power
SS
abbreviation for Schutzstaffel; security and military organisation controlled by by the nazi party
Night of Long knives
purge used by Hitler to eradicate the critics of his regime in the SA (Brownshirts)
nazification
measures taken by Hitler to turn germany into a totalitarian state
indoctrination
process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically
hitler youth
organisation in Nazi Germany for children aged 10 to 18
gestapo
state secret police of Nazi Germany
concentration camp
camps were a government forces many people to live, sometimes under terrible conditions
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