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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish their book, The Communist Manifesto
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Russia enters it's communist era
The Bolshevik Revolution is started by Vladimir Lenin -
Lenin dies
Joseph Stalin becomes the new communist leader in Russia, as the general secretary of the communist party -
The Great Terror begins
Having to do with political repression, this is a prime example of what happens when power hungry individuals are given too much power. -
Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union
This was done despite the non-aggression pact signed in 1939, Hitler was another corrupt communist leader who got too much power and abused it. -
The U.S. contains further communist expansion
The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan are put into action, stopping the spread of corrupt communism -
North Korea invades South Korea
Over the years; Czechoslovakia, North Korea, China, Hungary, and East Germany come under communist rule and South Korea invades North Korea -
Cuba comes under communist rule
North Korea wins the war, Tibet comes under communist rule, and Fidel Castro is another example of a power hungry communist abusing the original intent of a communist government -
The Paris Peace Accords are passed
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Michael Gorbachev is put into office as a Soviet leader
His time in office to the end of the soviet union and also communism in Russia, but ultimately during his time as a communist leader he cared about the masses and lead the people well -
Communist Rule
China, North Korea, Cuba and Vietnam remain under communist rule -
Present Day
In the present day Vietnam, Laos, Cuba, North Korea, and China are all under communist rule