Communism
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Communism is a political and economic ideology whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic classless order centered on common ownership of the means of production, distribution,
Thomas More, whose Utopia portrayed a society based on common ownership of property
Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union and the leader of the Bolshevik party
Leon Trotsky, founder of the Red Army and a key figure in the October Revolution
Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
Marxism–Leninism
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Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideology that became the largest faction of the communist movement following the October Revolution. It was the predominant ideology of most communist governments in th
Communism
…Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels offered a new definition of communism in The Communist Manifesto. In the 20th century, Communist governments espousing Marxism–Leninism came to power, first in the Soviet Union with the 1917 Russian Revolution, then in Eastern Europe, Asia, and other regions after World War II. By the…
1936 Soviet poster with the slogan "Raise the banner of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin!"
Leon Trotsky exhorting Red Army soldiers in the Polish–Soviet War
Enver Hoxha, who led the Sino-Albanian split in the 1970s and whose anti-revisionist followers led to the development of Hoxhaism
Parade with communist symbolics in Aden, Democratic Yemen