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Lenin: overview
- led the Russian Revolution of 1917
- created the Soviet Union (USSR)
- believed that a Marxist revolution was possible through revolt
- used secret police and terror to keep people in line
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Stalin: overview
- early use of market
- strict central planning
- fast industrialization
- collectivized agriculture
- political purges
- World War II
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Khrushchev: overview
- de-stalinization
- invasion of Hungary
- Sino-Soviet split
- space race
- berlin wall
- cuban missile crisis
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Brezhnev: overview
- return to old gray conservatism
- central planning revived
- invasion of czech and afghanistan
- arms race
- growing inefficiency
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Gorbachev: overview
- relatively young
- dynamic leader
- reormer
- unstoppable movement to end central planning
- break up of soviet union
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