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13296309496Russian RevolutionRussia needed a way out of WWI and out of the provisional government and dynasty, so they were motivated by Lenin and the Bolsheviks0
13296309497Bolsheviks/Leninsocialist party that took control of Russia after the revolution, made use of promises and a charismatic leader to gain support1
13296309498GuomindangChinese nationalist party that made reforms within the city but was not able to gain wide spread support, traded out for communism in 19492
13296309499Mao Zedongleader of the CCP that gained the support of many peasants and workers through integrity and persistance3
13296309500Chinese Revolutionmarked the end of Imperialism in China in 19114
13296309501Stalinfollowed Lenin as the leader of the communist party in Russia, killed off millions of his own people though he was regarded as a deity in his life time5
13296309502"building socialism"achievements of the centralized state and collectivization helped communism gain more support, while economic growth kept the system on its feet6
13296309503ZhenotdelBolshevik leaders set this up in 1919 to try to further women's rights, and enabled women to be the sole leaders of this feminist agenda7
13296309504collectivizationthe process of taking land away from individuals and dividing it equally among everyone, an attempt to make farming more efficient8
13296309505cultural revolutionlaunched by Mao in an attempt to eliminate any capitalist tendencies that had been picked up, also rejected feminism9
13296309506Great Terror/purgesefforts by the Chinese and Russian communist parties to chase down suspicions and get rid of revolutionaries10
13296309507Cuban missile crisisSoviets and Americans wanted to make use of their shiny new nuclear toys and Russia used the revolutionary regime of Fidel Castro to expand communism11
13296309508Nikita KhrushchevSoviet leader at the time of the Cuban crisis, came into power after stalin, made use of alliance with Cuba to get back at the Americans12
13296309509Deng XiaopingAttempted to make up for the wrong doings of Mao by exposing the truths of the Cultural Revolution; used economic reformation to piece China back together13
13296309510Perestroika/GlasnostGorbachev's policies of economic and social freedoms that were aimed at regaining support through the introduction of some aspects of democracy14
13296309511Mikhail Gorbachevcame to power in 1985 in a final attempt to revive Soviet socialism, resulted in the end of the communist era and cold war in 199115
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