Communism started in the 1800s from philosopher/economist Karl Marx.  It began as a response to the Industrial Revolution.  During WWI, the Soviet Union became the first communist state.  Then following WWII, several other communist states developed.  With the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, communist governments fell all over the world.  As of 2020, the major communist states are China, Cuba and North Korea

Contents:

Communism Philosophy

• Karl Marx

• Communist Manifesto

• Class Struggle

• Role of Proletariat

Russian Revolution

Soviet Union 

• Russian Civil War

• Lenin

• Stalin

• Krushchev

• Gorbachev 

Beginning of Cold War 

• End of World War II

• Berlin Airlift

• Eastern European Communist State

Spread of Communism Outside Europe

• Chinese Civil War

• Cuban Revolution

• Ho Chi Minh

• North Korea

• Cambodia

• Shining Path 

Proxy Wars of the Cold War 

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Soviet War with Afghanistan 

Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe

• Earlier attempts to Reform Communism in Eastern Europe

• Gorbachev's Reforms

• Solidarity Movement 

• Velvet Revolution 

Fall of Soviet Union

• Soviet problems in the 1980s

• Gobachev's Reforms

• Soviet Economic Problems after fall of Communism in Eastern Europe

• Baltic States move for Independence

• Fall of the Soviet Union

Communist China

• Communism in Nationalist China

• WWII in China

• Chinese Civil War

• Mao's Policies

• Deng Xiaoping's policies

Communist Cuba

• Problems before Cuban Revolution

• Cuban Revolution

• Cuban Missiles Crisis