The differences between Chinese and soviet communism was mainly on the fundamentals of revolutionary tactics. Stalinism, the dominant form of soviet communism placed more emphasis on the revolutionary elites and urban elites while Maoism put more emphasis on the Peasants. more also, there was no cultural revolution in the soviet as in China where even children beat up their parents. In the soviet union, small firms were privatized and power was often used to maintain the power of the ruling elite.
