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*'''New Deal Socialism''' (69) - the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal name] given to the series of programs implemented between 1933-37 under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt President Franklin D. Roosevelt] with the goal of relief, recovery and reform of the United States economy during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression Great Depression]. | *'''New Deal Socialism''' (69) - the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal name] given to the series of programs implemented between 1933-37 under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt President Franklin D. Roosevelt] with the goal of relief, recovery and reform of the United States economy during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression Great Depression]. | ||
*'''Bolsheviks''' (70) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolsheviks members] of the Marxist Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party's Bolshevik faction. Bolsheviks had an extreme socialist and internationalist outlook, and were opponents of the Russian traditional statehood and the Russian Orthodox Church. | *'''Bolsheviks''' (70) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolsheviks members] of the Marxist Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party's Bolshevik faction. Bolsheviks had an extreme socialist and internationalist outlook, and were opponents of the Russian traditional statehood and the Russian Orthodox Church. They initiated the 1917 Revolution which gave the birth to the Soviet Union. | ||
*'''"...turned St. Petersburg into Leningrad..."''' (70) - Roy is referring to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Petersburg St. Petersburg, Russia], which became known as Leningrad in 1924 in honor of the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, who led the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Revolution October Revolution]. It was later changed back to St. Petersburg in 1991, after the collapse of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union Soviet Union]. | *'''"...turned St. Petersburg into Leningrad..."''' (70) - Roy is referring to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Petersburg St. Petersburg, Russia], which became known as Leningrad in 1924 in honor of the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, who led the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Revolution October Revolution]. It was later changed back to St. Petersburg in 1991, after the collapse of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union Soviet Union]. | ||