2.1 / 2.2 Key words

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

peasant in Russia, who is wealthy enough to own a farm and hire labour

very powerful and influential nation in the world

forceful joining of agriculture into huge state farms

state with a centralised government that is dictatorial and controls every part of people’s lives

excessive public admiration for or devotion to a famous person

Stalin’s plan to industrialise the Soviet Union

period of repression and persecution in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s

Russian parliament

revolutionary council of labourers or peasants in
Russia before 1917

member of the political party of Lenin

ruler with total power over a country, mostly one who had obtained control by force

Put the events in the correct chronological order

first Five -Year Plan

October Revolution

New Economic Policy

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Lenin dies

tsar Nicolas II abdicates

Great Purge