An antisocialist law approved in 1878 banned the spread of socialist literature, it gave the police power to break up socialist meetings, and put the trial and punishment of socialists under the command of police judges. ... He shaped a series of alliances and counter-alliances; one of the most important was with Russia. ... When the Three Emperor's Alliance broke down, Bismarck negotiated the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia in 1887. ... Bismarck considered it necessary to keep the Russians from accomplishing an alliance with the French which would threaten Germany on two sides. ... When B...

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After the release of The Communist Manifesto, the document was translated in twelve languages by the 1880's and was the most international production of socialist literature. Several countries began to undergo communist changes, such as Russia, China, and Cuba. ...

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