The first was Vladimir Lenin in 1917. Then, Joseph Stalin took over and is known as more of a brutal dictator. Mao Zedong was the leader of Communist in China back in the mid 1900's. Karl Marx as the original founder of Communism, although he never actually became a significant leader.
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The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 significantly weakened the global communist movement, leading to a reevaluation of communist ideologies in countries like China, Vietnam, and Cuba. These nations faced economic pressures and the realization that Soviet-style communism was unsustainable, prompting reforms and a shift toward market-oriented policies. Additionally, the loss of Soviet support diminished their geopolitical influence, forcing them to adapt to a new global order and explore alternative alliances and economic strategies. Overall, the collapse catalyzed a wave of change that reshaped the political landscape in various communist nations outside of Europe.
The US and the USSR both used and promoted the perception that one was out to get the other in order to keep the public in fear and as a result finance huge expenditure on unnecessary weaponry and military involvement in places that they did not belong.
It determined the order of succession.
The Soviet Union lent Cuba nuclear missiles in order to protect the sovereignty of Cuba, a communist nation.
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Communist containment (aka Soviet Containment)
Alexander Dubcek was implementing widespread democratic reforms, including freedom of the press.
Communist China and the Soviet Union had been supplying arms and equipment to those nations since about 1949.
It provided many extremists with weapons and supplies in order to fight the Soviet Union.
Order of succession.
presidential succession is the order in which the office of president is to be filled
In 1973, the CIA helped rebels in Chile overthrow President Salvador Allende in order to prevent a Soviet-backed communist government from controlling the country.
The order of succession for the presidency according to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 is as follows: Vice President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President pro tempore of the Senate, and then the Cabinet members in the order of their department's establishment.
The Speaker Of The House
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