The Fall Of Communism

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government controlled the majority of production. Lenin’s government made many achievements. It ended a long civil was against the remains of old Czarist military system and established institutions in government.
Lenin died in 1924, and was quickly followed by Joseph Stalin as head of the soviet Communist Party. Stalin became the most powerful man in Russia. He controlled the bulk of all the political power and with that he started a ruthless campaign of removing all opposition to the communist rule. During this period called the “Great Purge” Stalin systemically executed anyone who stood in his path. Millions of people were arrested and either harassed or killed. The government yet again changed the economic status of the Soviet Union. All private ownership ended. A mass program of industrialization was commenced, and the strength of the Soviet Military wad substantially increased. The citizens during this period endured great hardship. Stalin put the production of ...

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of Germany under East German rule. After the removal of Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev became the Soviet Communist Party Secretary General in October of 1964. Under his administration the majority of the decentralization of power was destroyed bringing a centralized form of control back into effect. Khrushchev’s denouncing of Stalin’s policies was criticized and slowly some of Stalin’s political disciplinary policies were restored. Stalin was named a war hero. There began an outright attack on dissidents from the literary and scientific community. During this time there was an inefficient use of land and resources, which resulted in an economic slackening. The 1980’s saw a ...

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