Russia

Part I of Essay
The n economy has always been unstable due to its constant political in fighting. In the beginning Communism seemed to the people of as a utopian ideal. The promise of the elimination of classes, of guaranteed employment , "The creation of a comprehensive social security ....

Part II of Essay
.... in his path. Millions of people were arrested and either harassed or killed. Stalin then decided to concentrate on improving military strength and building on improving the Soviet economy, rather than follow Lenin's revolutionary goal of dominating the world. In order to obtain the immense amount of money needed to maintain his militia, he began a series of five year programs which would force the average farmer to meet a quota by the end of the harvest and then have the state subsidize all of the production. This system, aptly named collectiv ....