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The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc (Combloc), the Socialist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc, was an unofficial coalition of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America that were aligned with the Soviet Union and existed during the Cold War (1947–1991).
This image contains a symbol prohibited by law in some nations, owing to it being a representation of communism, socialism, or a similar governmental structure; or of an associated political party/organization: Georgia's parliament: On Amending the Law of Georgia "Charter of Liberty", No. 1867, 2013
The European states that became people's republics at this time were Albania, [21] Bulgaria, [22] Czechoslovakia, [23] Hungary, [24] Poland, [25] Romania [26] and Yugoslavia. [27] In Asia, China became a people's republic following the Chinese Communist Revolution , [ 28 ] and North Korea also became a people's republic.
This image contains a symbol prohibited by law in some nations, owing to it being a representation of communism, socialism, or a similar governmental structure; or of an associated political party/organization: Georgia's parliament: On Amending the Law of Georgia "Charter of Liberty", No. 1867, 2013
The following communist states were socialist states committed to communism. Some were short-lived and preceded the widespread adoption of Marxism–Leninism by most communist states. Russia. Chita Republic (1905–1906) Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1991) Amur Socialist Soviet Republic (1918)
By the end of World War II, most of Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union in particular, suffered vast destruction. [9] The Soviet Union had suffered a staggering 27 million deaths, and the destruction of significant industry and infrastructure, both by the Nazi Wehrmacht and the Soviet Union itself in a "scorched earth" policy to keep it from falling in Nazi hands as they advanced over 1,600 ...
Donald Trump has taken a last-minute swipe at Kamala Harris ahead of the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, as he posted an AI-generated image of the vice president ...
Eurocommunism was a trend in the 1970s and 1980s within various Western European communist parties, which said they had developed a theory and practice of social transformation more relevant for Western Europe.