Communism

Basically government control and management of all industry and much of agriculture as well- Collective farms, ( there were two different types, Kolkhoz ( Collective Farms) and SovKhoz- Soviet or state farms owned directly by the Ministry of Agriculture- no US equivalent. the central govt dictated economic policy- to the Steel industry- produce X number million tons for Basic Industry!- without regard to what in this country would be market economy, private business competition, etc. Big Brother was at the controls!

being a Commissar of the Soviet Union.

As to his accomplishment, Lenin was known as the leader of the Bolshevik Party, the organizer of the October Revolution of 1917 and the first premier of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was also a ruthless dictator who imposed his concept of a proper society on Russian people by force.

As to his name, he had been known under his birth name as Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. In 1901, after 3 years in exile in Siberia in a town on the River Lena, he adopted the pseudonym "Lenin." He was also known as and wrote under the name Nikolai Lenin as well.

The Marshall Plan pumped billions of dollars worth of supplies, machinery, and food into Western Europe. Western Europe's recovery weakened the appeal of communism and opened new markets for trade.

the government officials go home and get blow jobs from their daughters. then that makes them feel good to think.

Russia is not yet a free enterprise; it is in transition.

Lenin hoped the Russian Revolution would start Communist revolutions in other countries. That was one reason he created the Communist International. He wanted the Bolsheviks to have an active role in fomenting Communist revolutions in as many other countries as possible.

It was really just the difference in political ideology and how both capitalists and communists saw eachother. The Bolsheviks thought communism was right, and the capitalists thought capitalism was. Both had their own advantages and disadvantages. But the idea of world communism died with Trotsky; the USSR did not want to risk their power in starting a major conflict with another country. And it wasnt just the communists wanting to overthrow capitalism; the reason the USA and the USSR went into the cold war is because the US wanted to stop the spread of communism.

The US supplied T28 Trojan (Trainers) single engine airplanes; A1 Skyraider attack airplanes; M1 Garand rifles and M1 carbines (which they liked alot better!), and among a whole list of material, the US supplied them with M113 APCs which they converted into light tanks. GIs called them ACAVs (Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicles). In addition, the US supplied the South Viet army with M41 Walker Bulldog light tanks...a far better tank than the M24 Chaffee light tank that they had been equipped with.

Russia put missiles on Cuba. Both Cuba and Russia were communist nations and with the missiles 90 miles from United States coastline JFK demanded that Russia remove the missiles, but Russia refused. JFK responded by placing navy ships off of Cuba and the Cuba Missile Crisis began.

all governments regulate, or attempt to regulate the economy- what with taxes, bonds, antitrust legislation. obviously war and defense contracts demand a ( Command) economy i close elision with the Armed forces. Japan, has no true War ministry, so it would be difficult for this to get off the ground! Japan does have purely defensive armed forces, and are known as ( Japan Naval self-defense force) and so on. Military pride is not looked on with favor or Gung-Ho! The Soviet bloc are far closer to the Command economy you query.

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Korean war & the Vietnam war.

There was also the Cold War.

Also the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Lenin developed war communism because the Bolshevik revolution was not a true communist revolution as Karl Marx would have it. In addition, the control of the government by the Bolsheviks was not as widespread or secure as would be necessary to control all aspects of Russia's economy. After the October Revolution, the Russian Civil War broke out and the Russian economy was worse then than it had been under the Tsar.

"War communism" was simply the forced takeover of only large businesses leaving small ones to remain capitalistic. The real problem was the enormous agrarian peasant population. The Bolsheviks could not take over all the small farms in the country, so it forced farmers to sell at low prices large portions of their crops to the government. The peasant farmers were thus permitted to remain capitalist in the sense that they were working for themselves first, but were "taxed" into turning over their crops to the government. After the Civil War, widespread dislike for war communism caused Lenin to adopt his New Economic Policy.

It didn't stop until the Soviets collapsed in '90.

communisnm worked when it first appeared in russia . it workbecause really smart leaders planed ahead of time.

yes,because it allowed economic recovery by 1928 industrial and food levels were about the same as in 1914

Lenin's New Economic Policy reversed War Communism... it did the exact opposite:

instead of spare food being taken from the peasants they were allowed to sell spare food to make a profit

the broadcasting of pro-American propaganda

There were two revolutions in Russia in 1917. Depending on which calendar is used, the first one in March of 1917 forced the Tsar to step down. A provisional democratic government was installed. It included democratic socialists, the Mensheviks. The idea was, however, to continue with the war against Germany. In October/November...the Bolshevik revolution unseated the provisional government. As per the agreement Lenin made with Germany, Lenin managed to sign the Brest-Litovsk Treaty. The treaty was a harsh one for Russia. Most of the Bolsheviks were against it. Reportedly this was the deal that helped Lenin, through the process of returning to Russia. ( reportedly ) Only Lenin's commanding position in the Party let him hold sway and he signed the treaty, this ended the Russian part of WW 1.

Most people, even most of the Generals and Nazi leaders were afraid of Adolf Hitler because he had the power to kill or eliminate anyone chose to get rid of and he did do that often. Some of the children were not afraid of him because they had been brainwashed that Adolf Hitler was their savior (they even had to say this in school every morning). There were those who revered him and were not afraid of him.

There were some individuals who tried to kill Hitler because they knew he was a very dangerous man for the country of Germany and for Europe. He had between 40 to 100 or more attempts on his life because of the misery he was causing everyone and because he was killing off the Jews and anyone else he felt like killing.

Fear was the primary emotion governing the atmosphere and behavior of the German peoples and all those the Nazi oppressed in their own countries. The fear and inability to defend themselves forced the Jews to go cooperatively to the concentration camps. They did not want to go but they would be killed if they did not get in the trains or cars or whatever transported them away from their homes.

So, yes nearly everyone was afraid of Adolf Hitler.

Lenin's impact on both western and eastern culture and society is difficult to measure, as it has been so widespread. His leadership of the first Communist revolution (in Russia in 1917) established the Soviet Union as a world power. The establishment of the Soviet Union eventually led to the establishment of Communist (and related Socialist) governments around the world, while also transforming language and ideas around the world as reflections of the new force at work in global politics.

The political scene in Serbia is very divided, so there is no true 'leader'. The current president of Serbia is Boris Tadic, and the Prime Minister is Mirko Cvetkovic.

There was no-one there to rule so Stalin thought it would be an "Amazing" chance to rule.

No, because Lenin died of natural causes in 1924 after suffering a stroke in 1922. After Lenin died there was uncertainty as to who would lead the country. The four main people involved were Leon Trotsky, Grigory Zinoviev, Nikolai Bukharin and Joseph Stalin. Stalin allied himself with Zinoviev and ousted Trotsky. Then he allied himself with Bukharin and ousted Zinoviev. By this time Bukharin realized he had been duped by Stalin and that he, Bukharin had no power base. Stalin was able to seize control of Central Committee and have full power to rule.

One of the main reasons was fear. Moreover, in the years following the Russian Revolution some leading Bolshevists said that they wanted to spread their revolution world wide. Beyond that, politicians often found it useful to exaggerate the dangers.