Communism Y9 Flashcards
Which two people started communism
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
What is communist ideoligy
Private property doesn’t exist and people work to their abilityand recieves according to their needs
What siezed to exist once communism began
A hierachy of class
What happened in Russia in 1917
Vladmir Lenin and the bolsheviks started a communist revolution, overthrowing the Russian imperial family
Who were the Bolsheviks
Vladmir Lenin’s followers
What was the Bolsheviks slogan
Peace, Bread and Land
What year did soviets start appearing in Russia
1922
What is a soviet
A Governing body
What did the scattering of Soviets across Russia lead to
The establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the Soviet Union
What was the Soviet Union accused of?
It was accused of being to centralised and placing a limit on individual freedom
What area was communism seen as a rival?
Western capitalism and escpecially by the USA
What did the communism rivalry lead to? And what was it known as?
Great political tension for most of the second half of the 20th century, it was known as the Cold War
When did the Cold War end? And why?
- The Soviet Union was dissolved
What are the remaining communist countries today
China, Cuba, Laos, Vietnam
