in the mid 1800's
Yes, the massive territorial expansionism associated with Russia come after 1917 with communism.
in 1917
Russia's economy has moved from communism to a free enterprise system since what year?
Russia is not yet a free enterprise; it is in transition.
How communism is faring in today's Russia.
Lenin brought state capitalism to Russia, not Communism.
Russia
yes
Communism was developed out of the need to replace the ruling class of the Cezars of Russia. It was to give those in Russia and Utopian ideal.
Because it brought on Communism in Russia. Also China was influenced by Russia to be communist as well.
Communism didn't last in Russia because Stalin had a warped idea of communism. It failed because it never was true communism, but was always corrupted. I believe it was not communism in the USSR, but more of a deadly mix of Socialism and Totalitarianism.
The Bolshevik Party under Vladimir Lenin brought "communism" to Russia, although it was not "communism", it was actually socialism. There has never been a country that has been "communist" in the sense that Karl Marx described communism.