2. Who created
Communism and the
Communist Party, where
and when?
Communism and the
Communist Party was
established by Karl Marx and
his good friend, Frederick
Engels in Russia in 1917.
Their followers, those who
believe in their ideas, are called
Marxists.
They wrote Communist
Manifest in 1847 which was a
short book that almost
everybody during that time had
read.
They studied the history of the
world’s economics which
consists of power, industry, and
finance controlled areas.
They saw that countries
developed in stages of
communism.
3. What is Communism?
Communism is when the
government (a single party)
controls how the people live
their lives, what they get, and
etc. to ensure “equality”.
It is considered to be a
“worker’s paradise”.
The symbol of communism
contains a sickle and a hammer.
-The sickle represents the farm
laborers or peasants.
-The hammer represents the
workers.
An example of communism is
how North Korea is controlled
today by Kim Jong-Un.
4. What is the
Communist Party?
A Communist Party is a political
party that publically supports a
communist form of
government.
- They fight for equality of the
people.
However, Karl Marx’s idea of
communism differs from
communism today.
- Karl Marx believes that after
the stages of Communism,
they people chose it as their
way of life.
- Communism, today, of what is
little of it, is forced upon the
people.
5. How is Communism
and the Communist
Party created?
Communism was created
through the stages of:
1.
Primitive Communism:
where people live in tribes
and share with each other
2.
Feudalism: where there
were social classes of
different ranks
3.
Capitalism: where a
country’s industry is
controlled by a private
owner for their own profit
4.
Socialism: where people
help each other
5.
Communism: where
everybody is “equal” in
every way
6. Why is Communism
and the Communist
Party created?
They are created because some
people want “equality” in the
every little things that they do.
For example:
A poor person feels that it is
unfair for a rich person to get to
live in a mansion while he or
she has to live in a small house.
They demand communism.
Also, in Russia’s case they
wanted to overthrow the
bourgeoisie and create an
international Soviet republic
However, this is not the case
(due to human nature of
wanting more and being
better)- so communism is rare.
7. Leaders of the
Communist Party
Started under the leadership of
Vladimir Lenin.
- established Comunnist
International, an international
network of communist parties
loyal to the party.
After Lenin’s death, two were
in line to be his “succesors”:
Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin
Trotsky was deported from the
country in 1930 so Stalin took
over.
- made official ideology
Marxism Lenism ( combinating
of Karl Marx and Lenin’s ideas.
Mikhail Govbacher ruled in
1980 and lead the party to it’s
downfall
8. The end of the Russian
Communist Party
The rise in Italy and Germany
lead the Communist Party to
try to form a collective security
by creating alliances with
Western powers, this didn’t
work.
Lost constitutional status as
only governing force of Russia
union crumbles
Lost legal domination after
coup d’état attempt in 1991
