USSR and China’s Communism Jeffrey Yang

Collectivization An advertisement for the Dazhai commune in Shanxi province of China Similarities A propaganda painting showing Peasants celebrating on a collectivized farm

Women’s Rights Propaganda of a woman working hard to try to show equality between genders Similarities Poster that shows women and men both being able to participate in society as equals in China

Industrialization Poster used in Russia to promote the 5 year plan for rapid industrialization Similarities Picture displaying the creation of steel during the night at backyard furnaces in china

Charismatic Leaders Picture of Stalin Similarities Picture of Chairman Mao

Actions against Rich Picture of some Kulaks, the richer peasants who were singled out Similarities Poster displaying the “speak bitterness meetings”, denouncing the landlords

Ways to control power Plaque with photos of people that were killed in the Great Purge Differences Large crowd waving with the Little Red Book during the cultural revolution

Rural vs Urban focus Russian soldiers marching through the city in 1917 Differences Peasants following the ideas of Mao in the countryside

Initial opponents of Communism Picture of Tsar Nicholas II, a weak leader Differences Chiang Kai-Shek, the leader of the strong Guomindang

Eliminating enemies Group of laborers that were forced by the Gulag Differences Picture of the Red Guards, who were much more public

Ways they found support Banner of the Russian Revolution, Bolsheviks gained support by urging withdrawal from WWI Differences Picture of Chinese soldiers, who won support to the CCP by aggressively fighting Japanese in WWII