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6. who was the political rebel that led a second revolution to sieze control and set up a communist state?
8. Where did the cold war take place outside of this world?
12. how many people were forced into slave labor or brutally murdered under Stalin’s reign?
16. Who was the man that believed in the lessening of government control in the economy and society?
17. what is the more common name for the Great Patriotic Fatherland War?
18. who did the Russian people blame for their losses, starvation, and shortages in the cities?
19. How many nations were super powers during the time after World War II?
20. what were Russians thrilled by because they had a chance to enjoy it?
21. what is the short acronym for the new soviet nation? (United States of America = USA)
22. why did the communists move the capital of Russia back to Moscow from St. Petersburg?
 
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1. who was the man that eventually took control of the Soviet Union?
2. What did the factories lack in the Soviet Union? (sports)
3. what did people do to Stalin if they were executed or sent to remote icy prisons in Siberia?
4. what is a country that has a government that has almost total control over the economy and society as a whole.
5. What did Stalin and many other soviet leaders spend large amounts of money on to ensure Russia’s protection
7. How did the people of the vast territories of the Soviet Union feel about being controlled by the government in Moscow?
9. what is the competition for world influence without actually breaking into a full scale war or actual fighting?
10. who was the czar that was forced to give up the throne in 1917?
11. What was the result of the people in the Soviet Union not having enough food, consumer goods, or quality goods?
13. what did Stalin want to protect his nation from after Great Patriotic Fatherland War?
14. What is the name for the countries that were possessed and forced into communism by the Soviets after Great Patriotic Fatherland War?
15. What did each of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union decide to declare?
16. What is the policy of openness in the economy, speech, and decisions in the Soviet Union?