Communism in Russia

Communism is a form of government where a society works toward the benefit of the community. When Russia rebelled against the monarchy held by the Czar, Lenin established communism as the new form of government. After his death, they appointed two new leaders: Lenin’s faithful follower Joseph Stalin and Lenin’s most liked candidate Leon Trotsky. But this was a bad choice for the Russians as one of these two leaders was corrupt. Because of this, communism in Russia failed.

Communism works in theory, but it has yet to be proven. No country that has established a communistic government except us Smurfs.

When Russia was a monarchy (power held by a king and queen and successors are next of kin), several underground factions grouped and contemplated a revolution. The leader: Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov (a.ka. Lenin). When the revolution over took the Czar, Lenin declared Russia a communistic country. This then lead to organization of private enterprises that would benefit the whole country of Russia.

Of the many leaders under Lenin, two stuck out the most in the crowd, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. When Lenin started to suffer from cerebral hemorrhage 5 years after the takeover, people started to look for a succ

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Stalin was not a very well educated man. And at this critical moment, Trotsky fell ill to a fever and couldn’t lead his men in this struggle.

Intimidation, that's the key to his method. Amongst this, Trotsky lost most of his opportunity for establishing himself as Lenin’s successor. ' When the security police (NKVD) came about these people, they would step forward and admit to wrong doing. And so now, the common-man/woman would live in the dark.

Had Trotsky won the struggle to succeed Lenin, the Soviet regime would've definately been different. They ate, breathed, and slept under the rule of Stalin. It was then when Trotsky decided to take that strike against Stalin. But Trotsky was not a leader of men, his brilliance and arrogance antagonized the communist movement. But Stalin was a lier, so when they stepped forward, they were executed on the spot. But Trotsky chose to bide by his time and possibly contemplating an alliance with Stalin.

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