A map of current communist states Acommunist state is aform of government that combines the state leadership of acommunist party through thesupreme state organ of power ,Marxist–Leninist political philosophy, and an official commitment to theconstruction of a communist society .Communism in its modern form grew out of thesocialist movement in 19th-century Europe and blamed capitalism for societal miseries. In the 20th century, several communist states were established, first in Russia with theRussian Revolution of 1917 and then in portions of Eastern Europe, Asia, and a few other regions afterWorld War II . The institutions of these states were heavily influenced by the writings ofKarl Marx ,Friedrich Engels ,Vladimir Lenin ,Joseph Stalin and others. However, the political reforms of Soviet leaderMikhail Gorbachev known asPerestroika revolutions of 1989 , which brought down all the communist states of theEastern Bloc bar theSoviet Union . The repercussions of the collapse of these states contributed to political transformations in the Soviet Union andYugoslavia and several other non-European communist states. Presently, there are five communist states in the world:China ,Cuba ,Laos ,North Korea andVietnam .
A map of all socialist states in 1980. States that had communist governments in red, states that theSoviet Union believed at one point to bemoving toward socialism in orange, and othersocialist states in yellow (note that not all of the bright red states remainedSoviet allies ) In appliedcommunist practice, a socialist state is acommunist state formation that is the product of a purportedbase and superstructural relation that is called thesocialist mode of production , or simply socialism. Socialism acts as the base of the socialist state, while the superstructure is made up of two parts: the class character of the state and the organisational form of state power.
The majority of communist states have been unable to establish a socialist state. These states had, according toMarxist–Leninist doctrine, reached a lower form of development and designated themselves, or were designated, for example, asnational democratic states ,states of socialist orientation or aspeople's democratic states .
Overview of communist states that have self-described as socialist State Established Dissolved Duration Leading party Supreme state organ of power Ref. Albania 28 December 1976 29 April 1991 14 years, 122 days Party of Labour [ a] People's Assembly [ 1] Bulgaria 18 May 1971 12 July 1991 20 years, 55 days Communist Party National Assembly [ 2] China 17 November 1975 — 50 years, 90 days Communist Party National People's Congress [ 3] Cuba 24 February 1976 — 49 years, 356 days Communist Party [ b] National Assembly of People's Power [ 4] Czechoslovakia 11 July 1960 29 March 1990 29 years, 261 days Communist Party Federal Assembly [ 5] East Germany 8 April 1968 3 October 1990 22 years, 178 days Socialist Unity Party People's Chamber [ 6] Hungary 26 April 1972 23 October 1989 17 years, 180 days Socialist Workers' Party [ c] National Assembly [ 7] Mongolia 6 July 1960 12 February 1990 29 years, 221 days People's Revolutionary Party Great People's Khural [ 8] North Korea 27 December 1972 — 53 years, 50 days Workers' Party Supreme People's Assembly [ 9] Poland 10 February 1976 9 December 1989 13 years, 302 days United Workers' Party Sejm [ 10] Romania 21 August 1965 30 December 1989 24 years, 131 days Communist Party [ d] Great National Assembly [ 11] Somalia 21 October 1969 26 January 1991 21 years, 97 days Revolutionary Socialist Party People's Assembly [ 12] Soviet Union 30 December 1922 [ I] 26 December 1991 68 years, 361 days [ II] Communist Party Supreme Soviet [ 16] Vietnam 2 July 1976 — 49 years, 228 days Communist Party National Assembly [ 17] Yugoslavia 7 April 1963 27 April 1992 29 years, 20 days League of Communists [ e] Assembly [ 18]
[ edit ] A people's democratic state is acommunist state formation. According to theMarxist–Leninist theory ofpeople's democracy , it purportedly tries to transition society from acapitalist mode of production to asocialist mode of production after a successfulpeople's democratic revolution . This process transforms the people's democratic state into asocialist state . According to Marxist–Leninist theorists, the people's democratic state is socialist-type state, but not a socialist state itself.[citation needed Theform of government of people's democratic states isunified state power of thesupreme state organ of power , under the leadership of the rulingcommunist party . Despite this, forms of government have not always been identical in different states, with some slight institutional differences.[citation needed
Overview of communist states that have self-described as people's democratic State Established Dissolved Duration Leading party Supreme state organ of power Ref. Afghanistan [ III] 30 April 1978 27 December 1979 1 year, 241 days People's Democratic Party Revolutionary Council [ 20] Albania 11 January 1946 28 December 1976 30 years, 352 days Party of Labour [ a] People's Assembly [ 21] Angola 10 December 1977 26 August 1992 14 years, 260 days People's Movement for the Liberation People's Assembly [ 22] Benin 23 May 1977 1 March 1990 12 years, 282 days People's Revolutionary Party National Revolutionary Assembly [ 23] Bulgaria 4 December 1947 18 May 1971 24 years, 245 days Communist Party National Assembly [ 24] Cambodia 7 January 1979 15 March 1992 13 years, 68 days People's Revolutionary Party National Assembly [ 25] China 1 October 1949 17 November 1975 26 years, 47 days Communist Party National People's Congress [ 26] Congo 31 December 1969 15 March 1992 22 years, 75 days Party of Labour National People's Assembly [ 27] Cuba 16 February 1959 24 February 1976 17 years, 8 days Communist Party [ b] National Assembly of People's Power [ 28] Czechoslovakia 25 February 1948 11 July 1960 12 years, 137 days Communist Party National Assembly [ 29] East Germany 9 October 1949 8 April 1968 18 years, 182 days Socialist Unity Party People's Chamber [ 30] Ethiopia 22 February 1987 28 May 1991 4 years, 95 days Workers' Party National Shengo [ 31] Hungary 18 August 1949 26 April 1972 22 years, 250 days Socialist Workers' Party [ c] National Assembly [ 32] Kampuchea 17 April 1975 7 January 1979 3 years, 2 days Communist Party Assembly of People's Representatives [ 33] Laos 2 December 1975 — 50 years, 75 days People's Revolutionary Party National Assembly [ 34] Mongolia 24 November 1924 6 July 1960 35 years, 225 days People's Revolutionary Party Great People's Khural [ 35] Mozambique 25 June 1975 30 November 1990 15 years, 158 days Liberation Front People's Assembly [ 36] North Korea 9 September 1948 27 December 1972 24 years, 109 days Workers' Party Supreme People's Assembly [ 37] North Vietnam 2 September 1945 2 July 1976 30 years, 304 days Workers' Party National Assembly [ 38] Poland 14 December 1948 10 February 1976 27 years, 58 days United Workers' Party Sejm [ 39] Romania 30 December 1947 21 August 1965 17 years, 234 days Communist Party [ d] Great National Assembly [ 40] South Vietnam 30 April 1975 [ IV] 2 July 1976 1 year, 63 days [ V] People's Revolutionary Party People's Assembly [ 42] South Yemen 30 November 1970 20 May 1990 19 years, 171 days Socialist Party Supreme People's Council [ 43] Tuva [ VI] 14 August 1921 11 October 1944 23 years, 58 days People's Revolutionary Party People's Khural [ 45] Yugoslavia 20 November 1945 7 April 1963 17 years, 138 days League of Communists [ e] Federal People's Assembly [ 46]
National democratic states [ edit ] A national democratic state is astate formation that, according toMarxist–Leninist national democratic theory , is the product of anational democratic revolution . In certain cases, it was believed, a national democratic state could endeavour to establish thesocialist mode of production , transforming the state into acommunist state formation known as asocialist state in the process.
Communist predecessor states to the USSR [ edit ] Overview of communist predecessor states to the USSR State Established Dissolved Duration Ref. Armenia 29 November 1920 30 December 1922 2 years, 31 days [ 52] Azerbaijan 2 September 1920 27 October 1922 1 year, 318 days [ 53] Bukhara 8 October 1920 27 October 1924 4 years, 19 days [ 54] Byelorussia, 1st attempt 1 January 1919 27 February 1919 57 days [ 55] Byelorussia, 2nd attempt 31 July 1920 31 December 1922 2 years, 153 days [ 56] Crimea 12 May 1919 26 June 1919 45 days [ 57] Donetsk–Krivoy Rog 12 February 1918 20 March 1918 36 days [ 58] Estonia 29 November 1918 5 June 1919 188 days [ 59] Far Eastern Republic 6 April 1920 15 November 1922 2 years, 223 days [ 60] Galicia 8 July 1920 21 September 1920 75 days [ 61] Georgia 25 February 1921 30 December 1922 1 year, 308 days [ 62] Khorezm 26 April 1920 24 October 1924 4 years, 181 days [ 63] Latvia 17 December 1918 13 January 1920 1 year, 27 days [ 64] Lithuania 16 December 1918 27 February 1919 73 days [ 65] Lithuania and Belorussia 27 February 1919 31 July 1920 1 year, 155 days [ 65] Mughan 15 May 1919 25 June 1919 41 days [ 66] Odessa 1 March 1918 13 March 1918 12 days [ 67] Russia 7 November 1917 30 December 1922 5 years, 53 days [ 68] Ukraine, 1st attempt 25 December 1917 18 April 1918 114 days [ 69] Ukraine, 2nd attempt 10 March 1919 30 December 1922 3 years, 295 days [ 70]
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An internal party faction, theParcham , believed they had created anational democratic state . The Soviets agreed with the former.[ 19] ^ TheProvisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam was formally established on 8 June 1969, but did not capture state power until the fall of the US-backedRepublic of Vietnam on 30 April 1975.[ 41] ^ If one counts days from the formal establishment of theProvisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam in June 1969, it existed for 7 years, 24 days.[ 41] ^ The Tuvan People's Republic did not claim to have reached socialism or to have created asocialist state . The Soviet Union believed its material base, meaning its socio-economic level, was too low to establish socialism, and it was believed it was on the path of non-capitalist development. It was termed apeople's republic , but at this time, the Soviets had not created a cohesive theoretical framework to explain what the Tuvan People's Republic was. The first such attempt came later in the form ofpeople's democracy .[ 44] ^ TheSoviet intervention in Afghanistan produced a new Afghan state leadership headed byBabrak Karmal . 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Afghanistan[VII]
Angola
Congo
Ethiopia
Grenada
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bukhara
Byelorussia, 1st attempt
Crimea
Donetsk–Krivoy Rog
Estonia
Far Eastern Republic
Galicia
Georgia
Khorezm
Latvia
Lithuania and Belorussia
Russia
Azerbaijan
Chile
China
Finland, 2nd attempt
Hungary
Mahabad
Persia
East Turkestan
