Yet in the First World War with Japan, Russia lost both army and naval battles and the Russians were convinced of the incompetence of their ruler. ... In pre-1949 China, less than 10 percent of the population owned and controlled over 75 percent of the land. ... The Chinese leadership, and most prominently Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Chen Yun, and Chu Teh ("father" of the People's Liberation Army), consolidated power quickly and moved to gain the confidence of the Chinese population, particularly by solving the economic problems that had worsened during the civil war: the civil wa...

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War communism was introduced to ensure that the Red Army was fed and equipped during the Civil War and to introduce a system of communism. ... In 1921, the Kronstadt mutiny, where sailors previously loyal to the Bolsheviks revolted against War Communism. ... By 1925, food production had returned to pre-war levels. ... "Nationalization of all the lands- Though later when War Communism was introduced it was much the opposite, they had the Red Army, conscription and the CHEKA. ... The social structure of pre-revolutionary Russia was unfair, the peasants and the city workers did all the hard ...

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