In this episode, we are going to look at the lasting effects of the communist revolution that was started back in the 19th century, actually took physical place with the Russian Communist Revolution leading to humanitarian disasters such as Holodomor and now, we are going to take a look at another event in history that most probably don't know and that has to do with Mao and his communistic regime trying to advance China, causing the Great Famine. This lead to 45 million deaths(most historians agree on this number) and the implications of this really are still being felt today in some ways. You will also learn about the motivations behind the desire to progress China forward, Mao's support for Stalin and Khrushchev and finally failure to admit his error in the projections of production in the project.

Sources:

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/china_1900_mao_early.htm

https://alphahistory.com/chineserevolution/may-fourth-movement/

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Great_Leap_Forward

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Famine. Starvation. Suffering. Death. These are just some of the ideas explored in this episode. More specifically we will discuss the events surrounding the Ukrainian Genocide during the Communist regime under Joseph Stalin. In this episodes you will learn the background of Stalin himself, but furthermore, the ideas that led him to plan and deliberately execute the Holodomor against the "Kulaks". The implications of this event lead to 4.5 million deaths in Ukraine and 1.5 million deaths in Kazakhstan. Furthermore, after the events that happened in this genocide, what then happened in the world and the response that occurred in this situation leading into the modern era. I consider this to be a powerful episode in that I have never known much of what I am talking about today until about 2 months ago. With that I consider it my duty to share with you all important events that have shaped our understanding of human nature and the drive for power.

Sources:

https://cla.umn.edu/chgs/holocaust-genocide-education/resource-guides/holodomor

https://www.history.com/news/ukrainian-famine-stalin

https://holodomormuseum.org.ua/en/the-history-of-the-holodomor/

https://censorshipissues.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/censorship-of-books-in-the-soviet-union-from-1920-1940/

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In this episode, you are going to learn about the Russian Revolution of 1917. The chain of events in this episode of history not only led to the creation of the Soviet Union, but it also created the first communist state in the world at the time. the rise of communism as a political belief started to gain more traction as the ideas regarding communism as a political ideology. This episode goes in depth on the situation of Imperial Russia before the revolution, the 1905 Revolution and the 1917 Revolution which eventually led to the creation of the Soviet Union with Lenin as its dictatorial head. I really enjoyed doing my research for this episode as learning about this topic surrounding the rise of communism during the 20th century really started to interest me. I hope you all enjoy this episode as much as I did.

Sources:

https://www.history.com/topics/russia/russian-revolution#nicholas-ii-and-world-war-i

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Russian_Revolution_of_1917#World_War_I

http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/politics/difference-between-bolsheviks-and-mensheviks/

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