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| era of geo-political competition between USA & Soviet Union without any direct combat between the two nations |
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| not following the ‘pure’ communist path |
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| Russian prisons set up for political prisoners |
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| meaning “minority”, a branch of radical revolutionary communism that tended to be more open to alliances with less radical liberal groups than the Bolsheviks |
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| the head of any of the major governmental divisions, i.e. minister |
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| working class of any nation |
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| an absolute ruler, esp. a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government as by inherent right, not subject to restrictions |
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| older temporary substitute ruler who rules until the tsar is old enough |
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| to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, esp. because of religion, race, or beliefs; harass persistently |
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| Russian parliament; legislature |
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| consisting of more than one nationality |
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| consisting of more than one nationality |
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| not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent |
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| voluntarily give up the throne/power |
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| compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft |
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| decline in the amount of people in an area |
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| having an exceedingly bad reputation; notorious |
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| to expel a person from a country; banish |
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| mostly in charge of itself, without too much outside authority over it |
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| an instrument or organization designed for a specific purpose |
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| large caliber/width projectile weapons, such as cannon, howitzers, and missile launchers, that are operated by crews |
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| to avoid deliberately; keep away from |
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| behind in time or progress; late; slow, not modern |
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| The theory and system of political economy prevailing in Europe after the decline of feudalism, based on national policies of accumulating gold & silver, establishing colonies and a sea trading fleets, and developing industry and mining to attain a favorable balance of trade/ gain wealth |
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| established firmly and securely |
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| an agricultural implement with spike-like teeth or upright disks, drawn chiefly over plowed land to level it, break up clods, root up weeds, etc. |
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| a person belonging to the same time or period with another or others |
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| providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary |
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| The sudden overthrow of a government by a usually small group of persons in or previously in positions of authority |
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| the body of officials and administrators usually of a government or government department |
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| a burial place for the bodies or remains of many individuals, often of a single family, usually in the form of a small building |
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| entity functioning as a watchful guardian, esp. against illegal or unethical conduct |
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| can’t be entered, unapproachable, remote |
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| a moral/spiritual based philosophy-religion not dissimilar to Buddhism; outlawed by the Chinese government, and considered a cult by some |
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| to express an unfavorable judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of |
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| to make known; reveal or uncover |
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| small pieces; bits, fragments |
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| to put down by force, usually before total control has been lost |
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| to abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion |
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| a settlement of differences in which each side makes concessions |
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| The percentage of total industry sales that is made up by a particular company's individual sales |
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| · a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep |
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| the various methods, as incarceration, parole, and probation, by which society deals with convicted offenders |
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| A tendency to lapse into a previous pattern of behavior, especially a pattern of criminal habits |
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| avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of |
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| the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed |
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| a process or period in which a person's fitness, as for work or membership in a social group, or ability not break the law, is tested |
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| consisting of, or supported by members of two parties, especially two major political parties |
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| hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury |
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