zation of agriculture. The government was confiscating all the agricultural products. The Communist Party set restrictions on the life of the citizens in almost every way. They controlled the freedom of political, social, cultural, and economic. Communism, in another word, is totalitarianism. However, Communism is not all as powerful as it seems to be.
Communism was never popular nor being supported among Russia or the Eastern bloc people. The fact that the communist regime in Eastern Europe faced constant opposition had proven this statement. Violence revolutions, formed by the Anti-Communist, occurred occasionally. With Khrushchev becoming the leader of the Communist Party after the death of Stalin, this was more clearly observed. With Khrushchev's new approach to Socialism, and his denunciation of Stalin, more and more countries, such as East Germany, Poland, and Hungary, began to call for their country's independence. In East Germany in 1953, there were a series of strikes and protests. In order to protect the East German communist government, Stalin used armed forces to put down the revolts. Not only does this show the importance of military terrorism contributed to maintaining the power of the communist but also showed the weakness of the communist rule in East Germany. This led to the building of the Berlin Wall. USSR realized if the West and East Germany united, the influences of the communists in East Germany would lose control.
In 1956, the Poland revolution occurred. Khrushchev, who succeeded Stalin after his death in 1953, was the Communist leader at that time. This time, the revolution was not simply formed by the workers, the Polish Communist party was also involved; the Polish Communist party refused to accept the Russian general Rokossovsky as the Polish Minister for Defense. This revolution crisis was solved by the compromise that was reached by both sides. Poland agreed to remain in the communist Eastern bloc if ...