East Germany built the Berlin Wall to put a permanent stop for the
people to go or get access to the West. This happened during the Cold War when
West Berlin was considered a getaway place for people who want to escape the
rule of communism and flee into democracy that it supported.
Egyptians associated death with the west and buried their pharaohs on the Nile's west bank. Egyptians preferred to stay on the east bank of the Nile at night, because they believed the spirits of the dead lived on the west bank. Osiris was the god of the afterlife.
One main reason why John C Breckenridge supported the purchase of the Louisiana territory was because he thought it would held end the issue of slavery, by leaving it up to "popular sovereignty" in the new territory.
Vladimir Lenin was one of the most important members of the Bolshevik Party. The majority of the Russian Revolution and the need to implement a communist system was the responsibility of the Bolshevik Party. Once the revolution was successful, Lenin was looked to as the leader of the new communist state.
Stalin continued this communist system after Lenin was done being leader. Stalin's central planning system ensured that the Soviet Union's economy was controlled by the government, as well as the media outlets. This was especially true during World War II.
