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Ryszard Kapuscinski

This person was a famous Polish journalist, photographer, and poet who was born in Pinsk which was then in Poland.

Josef Stalin

This person was the dictator of Russia form 1924 to 1953 who brought massive changes to Soviet society through forced and rapid industrialization, purging leaders from the Communist party, repressing all dissenters, and imposing terror upon everyone under his rule.

Vladimir Lenin

This person was a famous communist who created the USSR through the October Revolution of 1917 and ran the Soviet State from 1917 to 1924.

Nikita Khrushchev

This person was the leader of the Soviet Communist Party from 1953 to 1964. In 1964, he was removed and replaced with Leonid Brezhnev.

Leonid Brezhnev

This person led the Soviet Union throughout most of the Cold War, serving as leader of the Soviet Community party from 1964 to 1982.

Mikhail Gorbachev

This individual is the seventh and last leader of the Soviet Community Party...

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