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| 9397706204 | Russian Revolution | Massive revolutionary upheaval in 1917that overthrew the Romanov dynasty in Russia and ended with the seizure of power by communists under the leadership of Lenin. | 0 | |
| 9397726854 | Chinese Revolution | Long revolutionary process in the period 1912-1949 that began with the overthrow of the Chinese imperial system and ended with the triumph of the Communist Party under the leadership of Mao Zedong. | 1 | |
| 9397751866 | Zhenotdel | Women's Department of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union from 1919-1930; Zhenotdel worked strongly to promote equality for women. | 2 | |
| 9397770502 | perestroika | Bold economic program launched in 1987 by Mikhail Gorbachev with the intention of freeing up Soviet industry and bussinesses. | 3 | |
| 9397787862 | glasnost | Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of "openness", in the Soviet Union which allowed greater cultural and intellectual freedom and ended most censorship of the media. | 4 | |
| 9397813127 | cold war | Political and idealogical near-war between the Western world and the communist world that lasted from 1946-1991. | 5 | |
| 9397828507 | Great Leap Forward | Major Chinese initiative (1958-1960) led by Mao Zedong that was intended to promote small-scale industrialization; in reality, it caused a major crisis and worsened the impact of a devastating famine. | 6 |
