these were the faces of a new political
order welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 communist leaders for this list
we looked for political revolutionaries
and communist leaders who had a major
impact on the emergence and growth of
communist states throughout the world in
the 20th century
number 10 Che Guevara this iconic
guerrilla revolutionary died for his
Marxist ideals born in Argentina Guevara
trained as a doctor but turned to social
activism after witnessing the brutal
living conditions of poor Latin
Americans a political activist in
Argentina and Bolivia che turned to
military action fighting alongside Fidel
Castro in Cuba as an advisor to Castro’s
guerrilla army che was essential in the
establishment of the West’s first
communist state que no se puede cambiar
en el Impella limo pero me Tampico yeah
number nine nikita khrushchev after
making a splash by denouncing his
predecessor Joseph Stalin upon gaining
power
Khrushchev worked to improve his
populations quality of life allowing for
greater levels of cultural and
intellectual freedom despite having
brought the world to a standstill during
the Cuban Missile Crisis Khrushchev
travelled throughout the world promoting
a policy of coexistence between East and
West a policy that provided a brief ba
during the Cold War
what are you telling yuge don’t be
afraid of ideas we have nothing to fear
the time has passed when ideas scared us
number eight Ho Chi Minh as North
Vietnamese president and leader of the
country’s Communist Party Ho fought
against French colonial rule and led his
people in bloody war with the Americans
after being raised as a Confucian and
traveling the world in his youth whole
embraced socialist ideology as a tool
for change
utilizing communist ideals to emboldened
a national revolution Ho united his
country and ushered in an era of
vietnamese self-government number seven
mikhail gorbachev an open critic of his
communist predecessors gorbachev helped
welcome the end of the Cold War and of
communism in Eastern Europe promoting a
more open and economically progressive
nation Gorbachev championed discussion
and political debate within Russia and
other satellite states most
significantly he abolished the Brezhnev
Doctrine s demand for single party
communist states opening the door for
the legalization of unions various
political parties and subsequently free
elections though my pronunciation may
give you difficulty the maxim is Dovie I
know probe I trust but verify
most lechia antipas distributable today
you repeat that at every meeting number
six Fidel Castro Castro is an iconic
figure of the Latin American socialist
movement in the 1950s he spearheaded a
military campaign against the dictator
Fulgencio Batista with only 81 men
despite a brutal defeat Castro continued
his fervent military and propaganda
campaign and soon his 800 man guerrilla
force and Batista’s 30,000 man army had
their final conflicts Castro emerged the
victor establishing the communist rule
in Cuba that remains today are you a
communist well wait for the history the
history will state but we are number 5
Leon Trotsky a supporter of Lenin’s
radical communist mandate this
spellbinding order and Marxist champion
played a key role in the Bolshevik
usurpation of Russian political power as
a Red Army general and a phenomenal
political strategist Trotsky made
essential contributions to the
establishment of Lenin’s leadership in
the USSR considered Lenin’s obvious
successor Trotsky was outmaneuvered by
Joseph Stalin’s cunning politicking and
was eventually assassinated while living
in exile Stalin was right to be
frightened of his great opponent today
he is reviled but Trotsky is still
revered by many as the man who might
have led the Soviet Union into a less
dreadful future number four Mao said
soon mal United China’s five hundred and
fifty million inhabitants within one
strong centralized state supported by
China’s peasantry Chairman Mao expelled
all foreigners and established a new
society along communist lines like many
other communist dictators Mao is a
divisive figure though his rule saw the
death of millions as a result of famine
forced labor and murder he is credited
with establishing China as a major world
power
number three Joseph Stalin Stalin rose
to power by establishing strategic
alliances within the Communist Party and
ruthlessly eliminating opposition as a
dictator he ruled the USSR with an iron
fist industrializing the state through a
rigorous top-down consolidation of
peasant farms into state-run enterprises
and rapidly implementing
industrialization countrywide those
Stalin’s rule over communist Russia was
one of the most brutal and bloody ever
he grew the eastern bloc to be the only
rival in size and stature to the United
States of America’s influence over the
Western world my name is Ronald Reagan
last year the contributions of 16
million Americans to the crusade for
freedom made possible the world freedom
bill symbol of hope and freedom to the
communist dominated peoples of Eastern
Europe number 2 Karl Marx the father of
modern socialism Marx and his partner
Friedrich Engels communist manifesto was
a powerful critique of modern capitalism
calling for the working class to seize
the state abolish private property and
established socialist societies Marx’s
work had little impact when it was first
published however with massive economic
shifts brought on by industrialization
Marx became the voice of the working man
inspiring communist revolution first in
Europe and later throughout the world
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
you
number one Vladimir Lenin
vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov better known as
Lenin was the driving force behind the
Russian Revolution an unabashed
political radical Lenin called upon
Russia’s working class to rise up
against the wealthy and establish a
socialist society offering them peace
bread and land Lenin galvanized the
Russian proletariat spawned a bloody
revolution and established the first
ever communist state with himself as its
fearless leader Hey do you agree with
our list which do you think have been
the most influential communist leaders
in history for more historical top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com that’s a very bad
order welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 communist leaders for this list
we looked for political revolutionaries
and communist leaders who had a major
impact on the emergence and growth of
communist states throughout the world in
the 20th century
number 10 Che Guevara this iconic
guerrilla revolutionary died for his
Marxist ideals born in Argentina Guevara
trained as a doctor but turned to social
activism after witnessing the brutal
living conditions of poor Latin
Americans a political activist in
Argentina and Bolivia che turned to
military action fighting alongside Fidel
Castro in Cuba as an advisor to Castro’s
guerrilla army che was essential in the
establishment of the West’s first
communist state que no se puede cambiar
en el Impella limo pero me Tampico yeah
number nine nikita khrushchev after
making a splash by denouncing his
predecessor Joseph Stalin upon gaining
power
Khrushchev worked to improve his
populations quality of life allowing for
greater levels of cultural and
intellectual freedom despite having
brought the world to a standstill during
the Cuban Missile Crisis Khrushchev
travelled throughout the world promoting
a policy of coexistence between East and
West a policy that provided a brief ba
during the Cold War
what are you telling yuge don’t be
afraid of ideas we have nothing to fear
the time has passed when ideas scared us
number eight Ho Chi Minh as North
Vietnamese president and leader of the
country’s Communist Party Ho fought
against French colonial rule and led his
people in bloody war with the Americans
after being raised as a Confucian and
traveling the world in his youth whole
embraced socialist ideology as a tool
for change
utilizing communist ideals to emboldened
a national revolution Ho united his
country and ushered in an era of
vietnamese self-government number seven
mikhail gorbachev an open critic of his
communist predecessors gorbachev helped
welcome the end of the Cold War and of
communism in Eastern Europe promoting a
more open and economically progressive
nation Gorbachev championed discussion
and political debate within Russia and
other satellite states most
significantly he abolished the Brezhnev
Doctrine s demand for single party
communist states opening the door for
the legalization of unions various
political parties and subsequently free
elections though my pronunciation may
give you difficulty the maxim is Dovie I
know probe I trust but verify
most lechia antipas distributable today
you repeat that at every meeting number
six Fidel Castro Castro is an iconic
figure of the Latin American socialist
movement in the 1950s he spearheaded a
military campaign against the dictator
Fulgencio Batista with only 81 men
despite a brutal defeat Castro continued
his fervent military and propaganda
campaign and soon his 800 man guerrilla
force and Batista’s 30,000 man army had
their final conflicts Castro emerged the
victor establishing the communist rule
in Cuba that remains today are you a
communist well wait for the history the
history will state but we are number 5
Leon Trotsky a supporter of Lenin’s
radical communist mandate this
spellbinding order and Marxist champion
played a key role in the Bolshevik
usurpation of Russian political power as
a Red Army general and a phenomenal
political strategist Trotsky made
essential contributions to the
establishment of Lenin’s leadership in
the USSR considered Lenin’s obvious
successor Trotsky was outmaneuvered by
Joseph Stalin’s cunning politicking and
was eventually assassinated while living
in exile Stalin was right to be
frightened of his great opponent today
he is reviled but Trotsky is still
revered by many as the man who might
have led the Soviet Union into a less
dreadful future number four Mao said
soon mal United China’s five hundred and
fifty million inhabitants within one
strong centralized state supported by
China’s peasantry Chairman Mao expelled
all foreigners and established a new
society along communist lines like many
other communist dictators Mao is a
divisive figure though his rule saw the
death of millions as a result of famine
forced labor and murder he is credited
with establishing China as a major world
power
number three Joseph Stalin Stalin rose
to power by establishing strategic
alliances within the Communist Party and
ruthlessly eliminating opposition as a
dictator he ruled the USSR with an iron
fist industrializing the state through a
rigorous top-down consolidation of
peasant farms into state-run enterprises
and rapidly implementing
industrialization countrywide those
Stalin’s rule over communist Russia was
one of the most brutal and bloody ever
he grew the eastern bloc to be the only
rival in size and stature to the United
States of America’s influence over the
Western world my name is Ronald Reagan
last year the contributions of 16
million Americans to the crusade for
freedom made possible the world freedom
bill symbol of hope and freedom to the
communist dominated peoples of Eastern
Europe number 2 Karl Marx the father of
modern socialism Marx and his partner
Friedrich Engels communist manifesto was
a powerful critique of modern capitalism
calling for the working class to seize
the state abolish private property and
established socialist societies Marx’s
work had little impact when it was first
published however with massive economic
shifts brought on by industrialization
Marx became the voice of the working man
inspiring communist revolution first in
Europe and later throughout the world
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
you
number one Vladimir Lenin
vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov better known as
Lenin was the driving force behind the
Russian Revolution an unabashed
political radical Lenin called upon
Russia’s working class to rise up
against the wealthy and establish a
socialist society offering them peace
bread and land Lenin galvanized the
Russian proletariat spawned a bloody
revolution and established the first
ever communist state with himself as its
fearless leader Hey do you agree with
our list which do you think have been
the most influential communist leaders
in history for more historical top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com that’s a very bad
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