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A '''socialist state,''' not the be confused with a state that had achieved [[socialism]] as an socioeconomic system, here refers to states that had achieved the [[Dictatorship of the Proletariat|dictatorship of the proletariat]]. Lenin wrote that, "The term Soviet Socialist Republic implies the determination of the Soviet power to achieve the transition to socialism, and not that the existing economic system is recognized as a socialist order." <ref>Lenin 1921 | A '''socialist state,''' not the be confused with a state that had achieved [[socialism]] as an socioeconomic system, here refers to states that had achieved the [[Dictatorship of the Proletariat|dictatorship of the proletariat]]. [[Vladimir Lenin]] wrote that, "The term Soviet Socialist Republic implies the determination of the Soviet power to achieve the transition to socialism, and not that the existing economic system is recognized as a socialist order." <ref>Vladimir Lenin (April 1921). [[Library:The Tax in Kind|''The Tax in Kind'']].</ref> The same could be said of the [[People's democracy|people's democracies]], which did not yet exist in the time of Lenin. | ||
== List of socialist states == | == List of socialist states == | ||
The following are countries which achieved both socialism and the dictatorship of the proletariat. Countries which never achieved the socialist mode of production are not included. | The following are countries which achieved both socialism and the dictatorship of the proletariat. Countries which never achieved the socialist [[mode of production]] are not included. | ||
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| | |{{flagcountry|Soviet Union}} | ||
|30 December 1922 | |30 December 1922 | ||
|[[All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks | |[[All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)]] | ||
|[[De-Stalinization|1956]] | |[[De-Stalinization|1956]] | ||
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| | |{{flagcountry|Hungarian Soviet Republic}} | ||
|21 March 1919 | |21 March 1919 | ||
|[[Hungarian Communist Party | |[[Hungarian Communist Party]] | ||
|1919 | |1919 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |{{flagcountry|Slovak Soviet Republic}} | ||
|16 June 1919 | |16 June 1919 | ||
|– | |– | ||
|1919 | |1919 | ||
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| | |{{flagcountry|Mongolian People's Republic}} | ||
|26 November 1924 | |26 November 1924 | ||
|[[Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party | |[[Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party]] | ||
|1956 | |1956 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |{{flagcountry|Bavarian Soviet Republic}} | ||
|6 April 1919 | |6 April 1919 | ||
|– | |– | ||
|1919 | |1919 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |{{flagcountry|German Democratic Republic}} | ||
|7 October 1949 | |7 October 1949 | ||
|[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany | |[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]] | ||
|1958–1963 | |1958–1963 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |{{flagcountry|Socialist Republic of Romania}} | ||
|30 December 1947 | |30 December 1947 | ||
|[[Romanian Communist Party | |[[Romanian Communist Party]] | ||
|1956–1965 | |1956–1965 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |{{flagcountry|People's Republic of Bulgaria}} | ||
|15 September 1946 | |15 September 1946 | ||
|[[Bulgarian Communist Party | |[[Bulgarian Communist Party]] | ||
|1956 | |1956 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |{{flagcountry|Polish People's Republic}} | ||
|19 February 1947 | |19 February 1947 | ||
|[[Polish United Workers' Party | |[[Polish United Workers' Party]] | ||
|1956 | |1956 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |{{flagcountry|Hungarian People's Republic}} | ||
|20 August 1949 | |20 August 1949 | ||
|[[Hungarian Working People's Party | |[[Hungarian Working People's Party]] | ||
|1956–1966 | |1956–1966 | ||
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| | |{{flagcountry|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic}} | ||
|25 February 1948 | |25 February 1948 | ||
|[[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia | |[[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]] | ||
|1956 | |1956 | ||
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| | |{{flagcountry|People's Socialist Republic of Albania}} | ||
|10 January 1946 | |10 January 1946 | ||
|[[Party of Labor of Albania | |[[Party of Labor of Albania]] | ||
|1990 | |1990 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |{{flagcountry|Paris Commune}} | ||
|18 March 1871 | |18 March 1871 | ||
|– | |– | ||
|1871 | |1871 | ||
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| | |{{flagcountry|Vietnam}} | ||
|2 September 1945 | |2 September 1945 | ||
|[[ | |[[Communist Party of Vietnam]] | ||
|[[Đổi Mới|1986]] | |[[Đổi Mới|1986]] | ||
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| | |{{flagcountry|Laos}} | ||
|2 December 1975 | |2 December 1975 | ||
|[[Lao People's Revolutionary Party | |[[Lao People's Revolutionary Party]] | ||
|1986 | |1986 | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:26, 4 March 2025
A socialist state, not the be confused with a state that had achieved socialism as an socioeconomic system, here refers to states that had achieved the dictatorship of the proletariat. Vladimir Lenin wrote that, "The term Soviet Socialist Republic implies the determination of the Soviet power to achieve the transition to socialism, and not that the existing economic system is recognized as a socialist order." [1] The same could be said of the people's democracies, which did not yet exist in the time of Lenin.
List of socialist states
The following are countries which achieved both socialism and the dictatorship of the proletariat. Countries which never achieved the socialist mode of production are not included.
References
- ↑ Vladimir Lenin (April 1921). The Tax in Kind.
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