Module 20

the social class of wage-earners, those members of a society whose only possession of significant economic value is their labor power

radical marxists that were willing to sacrifice everything for change

leader of the Bolshevik party

Gained great influence over czarina and helped her rule. Nobles and advisors furious at losing their power

or temporary government, was established and headed by alexander kerensky

local councils consisting of workers, peasants, and soldiers, and often had more power than provisional government

Bolshevik leaders renamed russia as the union of soviet socialists republics (USSR) . Change name of party

next communist leader of russia after lenin

government that takes total, centralized, state control over every aspect of public and private life

1937 eliminated anyone who threatened his power

system in which the government made all economic decisions

set impossibly high quotas on increase of output of steel, coal, oil, and electricity

Combined farms into large government owned farms

or nationalist party, was pushing for modernization and nationalism

leader of kuomintang

Chinese outrage over treaty of Versailles leads to demonstrations across china

one of the founders of the chinese communist party

becomes leader of kuomintang after sun’s

700,000 nationalist soldiers surround mountain stronghold. Communist forces flee and march 6,000 miles. 1,000’s die from hunger, cold, exposure, and battle wounds

The origins of modern-day Turkey trace back more than 600 years, when it was part of the vast and powerful

The Ottoman Empire joined this power

However, in 1922, a brilliant commander successfully led Turkish nationalists in fighting back the Greeks and their British backers