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The Rise and Fall of Communism in Russia

By mmeade1204

  • Bolsheviks Create Communist Party

    Bolsheviks Create Communist Party
    The Bolsheviks were a revolutionary party that was led by Lenin. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was established in 1912.

  • Vladimir Lenin

    Vladimir Lenin
    He formed the world’s first communist state, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1917. He followed in Marx’ footsteps with his ways of communism

  • Stalin Takes Over

    Stalin Takes Over
    Stalin was elected to the Bolshevik Central Committee. Stalin vastly increased the scope and power of the state's secret police and intelligence agencies.

  • The Russian Revolution

    The Russian Revolution
    This revolution ended the power of the Czars. The Russian Communist Party, led by V.I. Lenin took controll of the government and economy.

  • Russian Civil War

    Russian Civil War
    War Communism saved the Soviet government during the Civil War. With the end of the war, the Communist Party no longer faced an acute military threat to its existence and power.

  • War Communism

    War Communism
    This saved the Russians from the Civil War. It allowed a degree of market flexibility within the context of socialism

  • "Five Years Plans"

    "Five Years Plans"
    Under Stalin's direction, he replaced war communism with a system of centrally ordained "Five-Year Plans" . These called for a highly ambitious program of state-guided crash industrialization and the collectivization of agriculture.the first two Five-Year Plans achieved rapid industrialization from a very low economic base. It is generally agreed that the Soviet Union achieved significant levels of economic growth under Stalin.

  • After WWII

    After WWII
    The USSR takes advantage, setting up communist governments in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania and Bulgaria.

  • Cold War

    Cold War
    The Cold War is a global rivalry between the USA and the USSR. Spreading communism was a big goal of the war for the Soviets, however the war ended and communism decreased.

  • Gorbachev

    Gorbachev
    Gorbachev a communist reformer was appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He removed the constitutional role of the Communist Party in governing the state, and inadvertently led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.