![graph shows how inequality dropped sharply after the revolution and immediately climbed back after return of capitalism graph shows how inequality dropped sharply after the revolution and immediately climbed back after return of capitalism](https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/567/503/461/261/016/original/3ad323b3b0a15faa.png)
![Graph showing total Forbes billionaire wealth as a percentage of national income in Russia vs other countries 1990-2016. Nonexistent until early 2000s, then surpassing USA, Germany, France, and China, with China being at the very bottom. Graph showing total Forbes billionaire wealth as a percentage of national income in Russia vs other countries 1990-2016. Nonexistent until early 2000s, then surpassing USA, Germany, France, and China, with China being at the very bottom.](https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/567/507/521/251/305/original/d166e029a6a7c06f.png)
No only did USSR significantly reduced income inequality through various policies, but its presence reduced inequality even in Western capitalist countries due to the threat of Soviet power.
http://www.socialisteconomist.com/2017/10/how-ussr-radically-reduced-income.html