HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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duma
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White Army
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Detailed explanation-1: -the Soviet Union a powerful group of Communist republics (= countries without a king or queen) including Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, and 11 others that existed in Europe and Asia from 1922 to 1991: The Soviet Union was one of the most centralized regimes in the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the executive leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, acting between sessions of Congress.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Soviets as workers’ councils first appeared during the Russian revolution of 1905. Although they were quickly suppressed by the Imperial army, after the February revolution of 1917, workers’ and soldiers’ Soviets emerged throughout the country, and shared power with the Russian Provisional Government.
Detailed explanation-4: -Soviet terminology divided the Russian peasants into three broad categories: Bednyak, or poor peasants. Serednyak, or mid-income peasants. Kulak, the higher-income farmers who had larger farms.
Detailed explanation-5: -Under collectivization the peasantry were forced to give up their individual farms and join large collective farms (kolkhozy). The process was ultimately undertaken in conjunction with the campaign to industrialize the Soviet Union rapidly.