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The End Of Khmer Rouge
Russia- Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the USSR in 1985 and he attempted to modernize the economy and make the Communist Party more democratic. All that this led to was the breakup of the USSR North Korea- They started with communism and are now have Militerism and Totarialism. Their people are oppressed and try to flee to nearby countries. China- Today they have stric government cencorship. They have slowly been getting more Democratic. There are independent buisnessed today.
•In December 1978 because of many years of boarder conflict and all of the Cambodians fleeing the country, they upset Vietnam. •Fearing invasion, Pol Pot sent his Cambodian troops across the boarder into Vietnam •They looted nearby cities •The Vietnamese forces fought them off and invaded Cambodia in 1979. •They captured Phnom Penh on January 7, 1979. •Vietnam took control of a new “puppet government”
•Today examples of torture methods can be found at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. •It was made at the former high school that turned into a prison camp which was operated by Khang Khek Ieu. •There are mass graves today that contain 1.39 million bodies. •It is estimated that 1.4-2.2 million people died in total •It is estimated that half of those deaths are from starvation/disease and the other half is from execution •Pol pot took pictures of many people he killed
Other Communist Countires Today
