During his reign of power in the Chinese Communist party, Mao launched what he called 'The Great Leap Forward,' which was a movement which should have seen a significant growth in agricultural and industrial production (Teacher source, Unknown #1). ... Whole villages starved to death In the Xixian county alone, 639 villages were deserted and 200, 000 people died" –Jung Chang, Wild Swans, 1991, Harper Collins (Primary Source) Due to the Great Leap's failure, Mao was subjected to a 'demotion' of sorts, in which his rivals in the CCP took control of his high...

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In the early 20th century, the Soviet Union began to experience a sweeping proletarian revolution, as well as rapid industrialization. This transition began reshaping the preceding social structure and firmly held beliefs of Russian culture as communism began to take root. Along with a transformatio...

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Marx's theory of history is an account of the different stages of government through history. His analysis describes capitalism as the first stage followed by socialism and finally communism. Marx believed that socialism is where workers recognized their interests and became "class conscious". This ...

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