Death Tolls
The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin is estimated to have caused around this many million deaths, largely due to purges and famine.
What is 20 million?
"Workers of the world, unite!" was the rallying cry of this socialist writer.
Who is Karl Marx
This man led the Russian Revolution in 1917 and founded the Soviet Union.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
This country was the first to officially become a communist state in 1922.
What is the Soviet Union?
The Communist Manifesto was written by Karl Marx and this co-author.
Who is Friedrich Engels?
The Great Leap Forward, a policy led by Mao Zedong, resulted in an estimated famine death toll of this many million people.
What is 30–45 million?
"The goal of socialism is communism," was famously said by this Soviet leader.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
This Cuban leader overthrew Batista in 1959 and ruled for nearly 50 years.
Who is Fidel Castro?
This Asian country remains the last officially communist state that is family-run across three generations.
What is North Korea?
The Communist Manifesto was first published in this year.
What is 1848?
The Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, killed an estimated this percentage of Cambodia’s population.
What is 25%? (2 million of the 8 million in Cambodia)
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun," was declared by this Chinese leader.
Who is Mao Zedong?
This North Korean leader, the father of Kim Jong-un, ruled from 1994 until his death in 2011.
Who is Kim Jong-il?
The communist regime of this Caribbean island survived the collapse of the Soviet Union.
What is Cuba?
Mao Zedong's collection of ideological statements, widely distributed in China, was known by this name.
What is The Little Red Book?
This Soviet-engineered famine, known as the Holodomor, resulted in an estimated 3 to 5 million deaths in this modern-day country.
What is Ukraine?
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." is attributed to this Soviet leader.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
This Romanian dictator and his wife were executed on live television in 1989.
Who is Nicolae Ceaușescu?
The Khmer Rouge ruled this Southeast Asian nation from 1975 to 1979.
What is Cambodia?
Lenin’s 1902 work, which laid the foundation for the Bolshevik movement, was titled What is to be Done?, referencing a novel by this earlier Russian revolutionary.
Who is Nikolai Chernyshevsky?
The Indonesian Communist Purge of 1965-66 resulted in approximately this number of deaths, despite Indonesia never becoming a communist state.
What is 500,000–1 million?
This Yugoslav leader once said, "We have spilt an ocean of blood for the brotherhood and unity of our peoples and we shall not allow anyone to touch or destroy it."
Who is Josip Broz Tito?
This African leader of Ethiopia's Derg regime imposed the brutal Red Terror in the late 1970s.
Who is Mengistu Haile Mariam?
The Communist Party of this African nation, led by Samora Machel, fought a brutal civil war from 1977 to 1992.
What is Mozambique?
The preamble of this 1936 document, replacing Lenin’s earlier policies, declared the USSR a "socialist state of workers and peasants."
What is the 1936 Soviet Constitution?