1. The Fall Of Communism In Russia
Lenin died in 1924, and was quickly followed by Joseph Stalin as head of the Soviet Communist Party, the oppressive reforms started by Lenin were continued and at length became completely totalitarian. ... After the death of Stalin in 1953 Nikita Khrushchev became First Secretary of the Communist party. ... After the ousting of Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev became the Soviet Communist Party Secretary General in October of 1964. ... He expanded the authority of the Soviet presidency and transferred power from the Communist party to popularly elected legislatures in the union republics. ... He imm...
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