Russia Part 3

Question 0

Gluag

Answer 0

The massive central prison system of the stalin era- work camps

Question 1

Gospan

Answer 1

Soviet central economic planning ministry

> ANY economic question (production, price, paycheck)

Question 2

Politburo

Answer 2

The decision making body of the soviet union

{invasions, space programs} > consists of 18 people (99% russian, 80% male)

Question 3

State duma

Duma- to discuss or think

Answer 3

Lower house of Russia’s current parliament

> make policy and bills, represents the people

Question 4

Federation council

Answer 4

Upper house of Russia’s current parliament- two votes from every republic/region/state (like us senate)

Question 5

Commonwealth

Answer 5

A loose league of independent states, the nominal successor to USSR

Question 6

Supreme soviet

Answer 6

The bicameral parliament of the soviet union

Question 7

United Russia

believes to keep Russia one country

Answer 7

The dominant pro-Putin political party

Question 8

Gensek

Answer 8

Head of the soviet unions communist party

Question 9

KGB/FSB

Answer 9

Security police who protect the regime from its critics

> ran prison camps, bodyguards, intelligence, border police,

Question 10

Gazprom

Answer 10

Stae-linked national gas company

Question 11

Chechnya

Answer 11

Rebellious region in the cacausus (left bottom tip)

Diverse region of people who dont like each other

Question 12

PR-proportional representation

Answer 12

parties receive parliament seats based upon their proportion of the popular vote

Question 13

Nomenklatura

• name
• list

Answer 13

List of important positions in the USSR and those eligible to fill them

Question 14

Apparatchik

Answer 14

Full time communist party officials

Question 15

Democratic centralism

Answer 15

Higher levels in CPSU “elect” lower levels who were selected from above

Question 16

Siloviki

Answer 16

Former security officials who now control many key government positions

Question 17

Coup

> ‘coup d’e tat’
-overthrow of state

Answer 17

Extralegal seizure of power, usually by military officers

Question 18

Republic

Answer 18

The main territorial units within the Soviet union and Russia

Question 19

Bureaucracy

Answer 19

Organization of government workers

>members take part in policy discussions + elections but must follow decisions made at higher levels

Question 20

Federalism

Answer 20

Political authority is divided between a central government and its subdivisions

-important decisions made by state, rather than elected representatives

Question 21

Turnout

Answer 21

Percentage of those eligible to vote who actualy vote

Question 22

Glasnot

Answer 22

Gorbachev’s openness reform- openness and transparency in government institutions + activities of soviet union