Chapter 22

Key Points:

  • Russian Revolution(1917): A revolution in the 1917 in Russia that got rid of the Tsar and the Romanov family, while the Bolsheviks came to power with Lenin.
  • Bolsheviks/Lenin: The leader of the Bolsheviks was Lenin, also known as Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, of this communist party that took over in Russia and started to make the USSR, Union of Soviets Socialist Republic.
  • Guomindang: The Chinese Nationalist party that lasted from 1928-1949, but were unable to meet the requirements of the civilians to China and soon was overthrown by Mao Zedong. 
  • Chinese Revolution: A long revolution in China that overthrew the Chinese imperial system, and then went onto with the victory of Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party, making China a Communist state/ country. 
  • Mao Zedong: Chairman Mao Zedong was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party and led to the CCP ruling over China over the Guomindang, was still over CCP until his death. 
  • Building Socialism: When a society as a whole became a communist regime and formed a communist state, not just socialism, often occurred all over Eastern Europe and part of Asia.
  • Stalin: Also known as  Joseph Vissarionovich Jugashvili, became the leader of the USSR after Lenin and until his death, but left a country in ruins and a country that was confused and in disaster.
  • Zhenotdel: A women program/ activity in the USSR that lasted for 11 years and helped to promote equality for women within the communist societies. 
  • Collectivization: This was when all private properties of both the USSR and Chinese people were taken and equally divided among the peasants of the country, and involved peasants working in a community rather than as individuals. 
  • Cultural Revolution: A campaign led by Mao Zedong in the mid 20th century , to fight against capitalist tendencies, but resulted in China being confused and thrown into chaos.
  • Great Purges/ Terror: An effort to get rid of all the people who were anti-communism or anti-soviet in the USSR, which led to lots of people being killed and being forced into labor.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis: When the USSR and the United States got into a conflict because of the USSR sending nuclear missiles to Cuba, and the nuclear missiles were not shipped, but the United States did not invade Cuba either, that was the compromise. 
  • Perestroika/Glasnost: Programs led by Mikhail Gorbachev in order to  free up the USSR economy, business, industry,this allowed more cultural freedom into USSR as well and stopped censorship, which led to a somewhat corrupt USSR.  

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