According to Orwell, Animal Farm reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union, a period of time when Russia lived under the communist ideology made by Joseph Stalin.
ɐkˈoːɹdɪŋ tʊ ˈɔːɹwɛl, ˈænɪməl fˈɑːɹm ɹᵻflˈɛkts ᵻvˈɛnts lˈiːdɪŋ ˌʌp tə ðə ɹˈʌʃən ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən ʌv nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvəntˌiːn ænd ðˈɛn ˌɔn ˌɪntʊ ðə stˈɑːlɪnˌɪst ˈiəɹə ʌvðə sˈoʊviət jˈuːniən, ɐ pˈiəɹɪəd ʌv tˈaɪm wɛn ɹˈʌʃə lˈɪvd ˌʌndɚ ðə kˈɑːmjuːnˌɪst ˌaɪdɪˈɑːlədʒi mˌeɪd baɪ dʒˈoʊsəf stˈɑːlɪn.