Monday, May 3, 2010

Famous men of the 20th century

Vladimir Lenin - A Russian revolutionist and communist that led the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia.

Joseph Stalin - Leader of the Soviet Union (formerly known as Russia) during WWII.  Launched the Great Purge in which ënemies"of the party were executed, sent to Gulags, or exiled.

 
Mao Zedong - A Chinese communist leader from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.

Pol Pot - The leader of the Cambobian communist movement known as the Khmer Rouge.  Responsible for the Killing Fields in Cambodia in which almost half the population died.

Woodrow Wilson - President of the United States during WWI. 

Adolf Hitler - Leader of Germany during WWII and the head of the Nazi Party.

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