Communism is a complete ideological system of the proletariat and at the same time a new social system. Unlike any other ideological system and social system, it is the most complete, progressive, revolutionary and rational in human history. After the October Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin came to power in Russia . The world’s first socialist state was then established along clearly Marxist lines. Leaders who have provided leadership in this progressive global movement. 

1. Karl Marx

Marx

Born : 5 May 1818, Trier, Prussia, German Confederation

Died : 14 March 1883 (aged 64), London, England

Main interests : Philosophy, economics, history, politics

Notable ideas :

• Marxist terminology
• Value form
• Contributions to dialectics and the marxian critique of political economy
• Class conflict
• Alienation and exploitation of the worker
• Materialist conception of history

2. Friedrich Engels

Engels 

Born :  28 November 1820, Barmen, Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
(part of modern Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Died : 5 August 1895 (aged 74), London, England

Political Affiliation :

• Communist Correspondence Committee (until 1847)
• Communist League (1847–1852)
• International Workingmen’s Association (1864–1872)

3. Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov

Born : 22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1870, Simbirsk, Russian Empire (now Ulyanovsk, Russia)

Died : 21 January 1924 (aged 53), Gorki, Moscow Governorate, Soviet Union

Political Affiliation :

• Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (1898–1903)
• Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) (1903–12)
• Bolshevik Party (1912–1918)
• Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1918–1924)

4. Joseph Stalin (Koba)

Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili

Born :  18 December [O.S. 6] 1878, Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire (now Georgia)

Died : 5March 1953 (aged 74), Kuntsevo Dacha, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)

Political Affiliation : 

• RSDLP (1898–1903)
• RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1903–1918)
• RCP (Bolsheviks) (1918–1925)
• AUCP (Bolsheviks) (1925–1952
• CPSU (1952–1953)

5. Mao Zedong

Born : 26 December 1893, Shaoshan, Hunan, Qing Dynasty

Died : 9 September 1976 (aged 82), Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Political Affiliation : Communist Party of China (1921–1976)

6. Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz

Also Known As : El Caballo ,Líder Máximo

Born :  13 August 1926, Birán, Oriente, Cuba (now Holguín Province)

Died : 25 November 2016 (aged 90), Havana, Cuba

Political Affiliation :

• PCC (from 1965)
• PPC-O (1947–1952)
• M-26-7 (1955–1965)

7. Ho Chi Minh

Nguyễn Sinh Cung

Born : 19 May 1890, Kim Liên, French Indochina

Died : 2 September 1969 (aged 79), Hanoi, North Vietnam

Political Affiliation :

• French Section of the Workers’ International (1919–1921)
• French Communist Party (1921–1925)
• Communist Party of Vietnam (1924–1969)

8. Che Guevara

Also Known As : Che

Born : 14 June 1928, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

Died : 9 October 1967 (aged 39), La Higuera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Political Affiliation :

• 26th of July Movement (1955–1962)
• United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution (1962–1965)

9. Leon Trotsky

Lev Davidovich Bronstein

Born : 7 November 1879 (N.S.), Yanovka, Yelisavetgradsky Uyezd, Russian Empire (now Bereslavka, Ukraine)

Died : 21 August 1940 (aged 60), Mexico City, Mexico

Political Affiliation :

• Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (1898–1917)
• Mezhraiontsy (1917)
• Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1918–1927)

10. Kim Jong Il

Born : February 16, 1941 ,Siberia, Russia

Died : December 17, 2011 (aged 70)

Political Affiliation : Korean Workers’ Party

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