The document summarizes communism in the Soviet Union and China. It describes how both countries established communist governments through revolution - the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia and the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty in China. It then outlines some key events and policies under communist rule in both countries, including Stalin's five-year plans, the Chinese Cultural Revolution under Mao Zedong, and economic reforms in the Soviet Union under Khrushchev and Gorbachev. Similarities between the two communist states included personality cults around Lenin/Stalin and Mao, as well as prioritizing rapid industrialization over agricultural growth.