The History of Communism

By pnassise

  • Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish their book, The Communist Manifesto

  • 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

  • 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