1. Zach Stanik

3. USSR China Both the USSR and China undertook attempts to build socialism in their countries

4. Both the USSR and China got their inspiration for communism from the ideals of Karl Marx

5. USSR China Both the USSR and China undertook feminism as part of their communist regime. Both of these pictures are of women being mobilized for work

6. Famine in USSR, which caused 5 million deaths Famine in China, which caused 20 million deaths Both the USSR and China experienced huge famines, largely due to the Communist Party’s inability to correctly implement their ideals

7. Factory in the USSRFactory in China The USSR and China both undertook massive industrialization in order to combat their country’s backwardness

8. Due to the massive industrialization undertaken by both countries, the USSR and China experienced substantial environmental harm; as represented by these smoke stacks spewing pollution into the air

10. Russian revolution lasted only a year; 1917 Chinese revolution lasted almost 3 decades; 1921-1949

11. Members of the Provisional Government, a weak government that Bolshevik revolutionaries had to face to come to power Symbol of the Guomindang, the strong government that Mao Zedong and his followers had to face to come to power

12. Workers in the USSR, in which the Bolsheviks found support Chinese peasantry, in which the CCP found support

13. Bolsheviks found support by urging the withdrawal of Russia from WWI The CCP found support by fighting aggressively against the Japanese invaders

14. USSR poster in 1931, the USSR had to face capitalism alone when it arose When Chinese communism arose 30 years later, China found an ally in the USSR to face capitalism