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| A 20th century British author who gained prominence as a writer when he wrote his two satire novels Animal Farm and 1984 attacking subjects such as totalitarianism, communism, and the russian revolution. |
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| a political system in which there is one or several leaders with complete control and power. |
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| a story with a moral and animal characters, usually representing and mocking human qualities. Famous fable writer: Aesop |
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| an anti utopian portrait of the worst of all possible worlds |
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| a type of propaganda in which people use words that disguise their true meaning. Politically correct language that usually has a shift in responsibility. |
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| an old agrarian system in medieval Russia until 1917 in which most people were serfs who did the labor, and the land owner gained all profits. |
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| an ideology developed by Karl Marx, which states that one gave to society from his ability and one got what he needed. This could not work because humans and government are flawed. The people owned everything in one central place. |
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| A german philosopher who developed the set of ideas for socialism. Called the "Father of Socialism" and espoused social class rank in Russian society. |
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| Socialism put into action, but different from socialism becayse the government owned everything rather than the people. The Bolsheviks were communist. |
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| The last and weak Czar/emperor of Russia. He fought in WWII, and people revolted. was aHe tried to neutralize the Revolution. |
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| a faith healer belonging to an odd group of Christians, who helped the Queen's sickly son, and was given power to rule the country while the Csar was at war |
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| The Russian Orthodox Church |
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| The national church or Russia, similar to the Catholic Church. THey were banned under Stalin because he wanted communism to be the people's religion. He brought them back when he realized they could help empower him. |
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| In 1917 the Bolsheviks defeated the Menchiviks and killed and overthrew the Czar. They established government that was lead by Lenin and became communist. |
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| A political party that fought the Menchevicks for power. Their leader was Lenin, and they established a communist government. |
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| The first leader of the Bolsheviks and the communist party. He wrote with Karl Marx but died in 5 short years. |
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| A tyrant who wanted to build up Russia as an individual power. He drove out Leon Trotsky and the Bolsheviks for more power. |
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| He wanted an international revolution. He fought Stalin for power but was run out to Argentina then Mexico then was killed. |
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| Stalin's plan to industrialize Russia. He turned the farms into factorie, a lot of people were killed because they were worse off then when they were poor serfs on the farms. |
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| When Stalin killed anyone in his way be either exiling them to Siberia or with the KGB. (mostly Bolsheviks) |
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| THe Russian secret police who killed anyone who went against Stalin usually publicly and on the spot |
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| The Yalta/Teheran Conferences |
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| A series of confrences between FDR, Stalin and Churchill that ended the war. They dicided Germany in half, the west became democratic while the east went to Russia. This empowered Russia and helped them tale over more countries and become a superpower. |
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| Stalin's successor, he was very idiosyncratic, he empowered Cuba |
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