HISTORY EXAM 3 LECTURE 12

what countries were included in the soviet sphere of influence

east germany

poland

czech

hungary

bulgaria

romania

describe the soviet model

authoritarian

single party rule

leninists/bolshevik

command economy

goal of the purges

to scare and intimidate members of society into following the rules of the bolshevik party

how were purges carried out

using training from soviet experts and police interrogation methods

what were the purges modeled after

stalins great purge

steps of a purge

1. person was arrested
2. took away all legal rights
3. placed in prison
4. interrogated harshly
5. crimes were vague and hard to prove
6. most people confessed and put on trial

what was the cheka

founded in 1917

soviet police

spied on soviet people to make sure they were not threatening the power of the bolshevik party

what were the cheka known as

sword and shield of the bolshevik party

show trials

public trials to scare people

person read their confession out loud and sanctioned over the radio

types of punishment from show trials

* death by hanging
* jail
* reeducation camps
* work camps

lazio rajk

leading communist

famous show trial

sentenced to death by hanging

rudolf slansky

* leading communist
* famous show trial
* sentenced to death by hanging

open access shops

* anyone could shop
* not well stocked
* showed evidence of shortage economy

special access shops

* bolshevik party members only
* had to show ID
* well supplied

Hungarian Revolution of 1956 leader

imre nagy

who were the freedom fighters

people trying to overthrow the bolshevik party

prague spring 1968

second attempt to overthrow the bolshevik party

leader of prague spring

alexander dubcek

describe the black triangle

tri state area in eastern europe

filled with uranium, iron, ore, and lignite

very heavily mined causing environmental devastation

lignite pollution caused a lot of acid rain

brontosaurus movement

movement by czechs to raise public awareness of black triangle environmental devastation

polish ecology club

also tried to bring public awareness

Nicolae Ceausescu

leader of romania during the cold war

wanted a large population, large army, power

romanias capital city

Bucharest

Ceausescu special law

all adult women under the age of 45 had to have a minimum of 5 children

* created state reported gynecological examinations

fetus quote

the fetus is the socialist property of the whole society

microtransfusions

doctors would give orphans small amounts of blood taken from romanian soldiers

* caused infants to get infected with HIV