Once the communists came to power through the revolution of 1917, they established the first Marxist state in the world headed by their leader Lenin. So the Bolsheviks created the Soviet Union and suppressed the titles and privileges that had been made before the February Revolution with which Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown. Additionally, <em>equality between men and women </em>was decreed and the <em>same salary was determined for civil servants and workers</em>. Finally, a very important fact was the <em>separation of the Church and the State</em> and <em>the nationalization of banks and companies.</em>
Radical Reconstruction. ... The Radical Republicans believed blacks were entitled to the same political rights and opportunities as whites. They also believed that the Confederate leaders should be punished for their roles in the Civil War.