Exam 8: Russia

All of the following are fair assessments of Gorbachev's reforms EXCEPT

The most important house of the Russian legislature is the

Describe the role of the media in Russia? How has that changed since the Communist era?

The leader who succeeded Khrushchev was _________.

In the 1930s, hundreds of thousands of officials were removed from office, imprisoned, and executed in the

Stalin declared that developing the Soviet economy was a higher priority than spreading world revolution. He called this addition to communist ideology "_________ in one country."

The first elected president of Russia was __________.

How did the term "backwardness" apply to the Russian empire in the years prior to the Bolshevik Revolution? How did that backwardness increase the likelihood of success of the Revolution?

Stalin's plan for industrializing Russia

The primary topic of Khrushchev's secret speech at the CPSU's Twentieth Congress in 1956 was _________.

Stalin's economic reforms centered on the planning mechanism of

In spite of being a centralized authority, nineteenth-century Russia was a weak state, in part because

The lower house of the Russian parliament is called the __________.

Russian presidential elections use the same model as is used in which country?

Evaluate the following statement: Russia has a history of strong central leadership so it is safe to expect the same to be true in the future.

Most analysts argue that Russia has become more authoritarian since Putin came to power. Do you agree? Why (not)? In particular, focus on the interplay among the factors you cite in your answer.