Russia and China, both at different times in history, transitioned the way their countries were ruled into communism. Early in the 20th Century, Russia was one of few countries left governed by a Monarchy. Although ideas and theories on governments had changed throughout Europe, Russia had remained to change. The Romanov Dynasty was in power over Russia until start of the Russian Revolution in 1917. The people of Russia were unhappy and discontented by how their country was run, which led to the revolution. Chinese dynasties ruled over China dating back to 2100 BC beginning with the Xia Dynasty and ending with the Xing Dynasty. Although there were similarities in the two countries, there were also many differences which were key to the success and failure to the countries change over to communist rule.
In 1547, the first Czar to take control of Russia was Ivan the Terrible. Many Czars ruled in between the time of the first Czar until the last Czar, Nicholas II. During the Romanov Dynasty, the Czar’s held complete control of the Russian city-states. The people of Russia along with the Czar’s believed they were appointed by God to rule Russia by the Holy Russian Empire. However, by 1894, the people of Russia started talking about change and ideas of a new government started to be the topic. The pheasants in Russia became disenchanted on the serfdom imposed upon them and looked for change to better their lives as well as their city-states.
In addition to the people of Russia’s disdain for how Russia was ruled, disastrous decisions were made by Nicholas II to turn the people against him even more. He refused in implement any reforms that the people yearned for to help them. He made the irreparable mistake of going to war with Japan. Their defeat to Japan pushed the people further away from the Czar. Nicholas also made the mistake of welcoming a monk