Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels invented the idea of ​​Marxism, or communism, in the mid-1800s, and this philosophy was one of the most influential ideologies of the period, influencing many European political leaders such as Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov and Joseph Stalin. This raises a question that historians have disputed for decades: Who followed Marxist politics more closely: Stalin or Lenin? Although Stalin and Lenin's rules were both based on the concept of communism, Lenin added them in the interest of the Russian people while Stalin changed some parts of them for his personal benefit. Before we can decide who was more Marxist, we need to examine the doctrines of Marxism. Marx and Engels collected their ideas in a book called The Communist Manifesto. This document outlines the principles of Marxism, which can be summarized in ten main points. First, private ownership and ownership of land by individuals will become illegal. Second, income tax will be adjusted to the individual's income; more income meant higher taxes, and less income meant lower taxes. Individual inheritance will become non-existent. Anyone who was not in favor of the company would have their assets taken away; this included foreign immigrants and rebels. The banking system will be centralized in a single national bank and all individual money will be placed in this bank. Transportation and communications will be controlled by the government. The government will gain greater stakes in controlling factories and other production facilities such as farms. All capable citizens will be required to work and industrial and agricultural “armies” will be created. Agricultural and industrial production will be interconnected, and the...... medium of paper ......od, the Perm Railway Commissar and the Yekaterinburg Governorate Food Commissar." Works of Lenin Edwards, Judith Lenin and the Russian Revolution in World History. Berkeley Heights: Enslow Publishers, Inc, 2001. Montague, Richard "The Views of Marx and Lenin in Contrast." socialist-standard/2000s/2001/no-1169-december-2001/marx-and-lenins-views-contrasted.Foster, William Z. Lenin and Stalin as Mass Leaders New York: Workers' Library Publishers, 1939. Getty, J. Arch and Oleg V. Naumov The Road to Terror London, England: Yale University Press, 1999. McGill, David Stalin: The Five-Year Plans and Collectivization London, England: Philip Allan Updates, 2008. Hughes, James Stalin , Siberia and the crisis of the new political economy Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.