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'''Communism''' is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. Communist ideals were first penned by Karl Marx, and instituted by Vlademir Lenin and the Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution of 1917. By 1956, the U.S.S.R. had grown from a union of four Soviet Socialist Republics to a union of 15 republics. | '''Communism''' is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. Communist ideals were first penned by Karl Marx, and instituted by Vlademir Lenin and the Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution of 1917. By 1956, the U.S.S.R. had grown from a union of four Soviet Socialist Republics to a union of 15 republics. | ||
After Joseph Lenin (d. 1924) the U.S.S.R was been ruled by Joseph Stalin (d. 1953), Nikita Khrushchev (deposed in 1964), and a collective government from 1964 until Leonid Brezhnev (d. 1982) came to power in the 1970s. In the mid 1980s, the reform-minded Mikhail Gorbachev introducing the landmark policies of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt to modernize Soviet communism. His initiatives provoked strong resentment among some conservative elements of the government. | After Joseph Lenin (d. 1924) the U.S.S.R was been ruled by Joseph Stalin (d. 1953), [[Nikita Khrushchev]] (deposed in 1964), and a collective government from 1964 until Leonid Brezhnev (d. 1982) came to power in the 1970s. In the mid 1980s, the reform-minded Mikhail Gorbachev introducing the landmark policies of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt to modernize Soviet communism. His initiatives provoked strong resentment among some conservative elements of the government. | ||
==The Fall of Nazism and Fascism, and the emergence of Russia== | ==The Fall of Nazism and Fascism, and the emergence of Russia== | ||