The main features of Communism and how far these principles were put into practise by one Communist ruler between 1900 and 1990.

Communism follows the ideology of Karl Marx. It is a way of leading a country completely opposing the capitalist view of private ownership and free market. In Communism, the State owns everything and controls markets strictly. Marx had the idea that after implementing the ideology, the State and social classes would "wither away". These are reasons why Communism is so hated by Capitalists; it is the end of free ownership and upper-class rule. An important …

…thousands of innocent people while he was at it, including all the experts and talented workers and soldiers needed to run the country. Others failed completely, like trying to make the people happy to be Communists. His Five-Year-Plans weren't that successful either, even though they did manage to increase the output of heavy metals and metal industry by a huge percent. And, at least his industrialisation worked and after him, Russia was not as backward.