Karl Marx Classless society Created the Basis of Communism Called for revolution in the name of EQUALITY! Classless society
Czar Nicholas II Totalitarian Government/ Tyrant Family was executed after the Revolution
Rasputin Trusted advisor to the Royal Family
Vladimir Lenin Led the Russian Revolution Voted the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) on 30 December 1922 Leader of Communist Russian until his death in 1924
Leon Trotsky Fought for leadership in the1920’s against Stalin Forced to leave Russia Brutally murdered in 1940
Joseph Stalin Dictator of Communist Russia Tyrant Used KGB (Secret Police) to crush opposition. Ruled Communist Russia from 1925, until his death in 1953
George Orwell Author of Animal Farm Believed in the ideals of the communist manifesto (1848 political pamphlet by German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels) and an utopian society- equality!