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[[File:Map of current and former Marxist–Leninist states.png|thumb|528x528px|Map of countries which were nominal socialist states.]]
[[File:Map of the Eastern Bloc in Europe.png|right|thumb|Map of socialist states in [[Europe|Eastern Europe]].]]
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, [https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1921/apr/21.htm 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.
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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|[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]]
|{{flagcountry|Soviet Union}}
|30 December 1922
|30 December 1922
|[[All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)|AUCP(b)]]
|[[All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)]]
|[[De-Stalinization|1956]]
|[[De-Stalinization|1956]]
|-
|-
|[[Socialist Federative Republic of Councils in Hungary]]
|{{flagcountry|Hungarian Soviet Republic}}
|21 March 1919
|21 March 1919
|[[Hungarian Communist Party|HCP]]
|[[Hungarian Communist Party]]
|1919
|1919
|-
|-
|[[Slovak Republic of Councils]]
|{{flagcountry|Slovak Soviet Republic}}
|16 June 1919
|16 June 1919
|–
|–
|1919
|1919
|-
|-
|[[Mongolian People's Republic]]
|{{flagcountry|Mongolian People's Republic}}
|26 November 1924
|26 November 1924
|[[Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party|MPRP]]
|[[Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party]]
|1956
|1956
|-
|-
|[[Bavarian Council Republic]]
|{{flagcountry|Bavarian Soviet Republic}}
|6 April 1919
|6 April 1919
|–
|–
|1919
|1919
|-
|-
|[[German Democratic Republic]]
|{{flagcountry|German Democratic Republic}}
|7 October 1949
|7 October 1949
|[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|SUP]]
|[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]
|1958–1963
|1958–1963
|-
|-
|[[Socialist Republic of Romania]]
|{{flagcountry|Socialist Republic of Romania}}
|30 December 1947
|30 December 1947
|[[Romanian Communist Party|RCP]]
|[[Romanian Communist Party]]
|1956–1965
|1956–1965
|-
|-
|[[People's Republic of Bulgaria]]
|{{flagcountry|People's Republic of Bulgaria}}
|15 September 1946
|15 September 1946
|[[Bulgarian Communist Party|BCP]]
|[[Bulgarian Communist Party]]
|1956
|1956
|-
|-
|[[Polish People's Republic]]
|{{flagcountry|Polish People's Republic}}
|19 February 1947
|19 February 1947
|[[Polish United Workers' Party|PUWP]]
|[[Polish United Workers' Party]]
|1956
|1956
|-
|-
|[[Hungarian People's Republic]]
|{{flagcountry|Hungarian People's Republic}}
|20 August 1949
|20 August 1949
|[[Hungarian Working People's Party|HWPP]]
|[[Hungarian Working People's Party]]
|1956–1966
|1956–1966
|-
|-
|[[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic]]
|{{flagcountry|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic}}
|25 February 1948
|25 February 1948
|[[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia|CPC]]
|[[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]]
|1956
|1956
|-
|-
|[[People's Socialist Republic of Albania]]
|{{flagcountry|People's Socialist Republic of Albania}}
|10 January 1946
|10 January 1946
|[[Party of Labor of Albania|PLA]]
|[[Party of Labor of Albania]]
|1990
|1990
|-
|-
|[[Paris Commune]]
|{{flagcountry|Paris Commune}}
|18 March 1871
|18 March 1871
|–
|–
|1871
|1871
|-
|-
|[[Socialist Republic of Vietnam]]
|{{flagcountry|Vietnam}}
|2 September 1945
|2 September 1945
|[[CPV]]
|[[Communist Party of Vietnam]]
|[[Đổi Mới|1986]]
|[[Đổi Mới|1986]]
|-
|-
|[[Lao People's Democratic Republic]]
|{{flagcountry|Laos}}
|2 December 1975
|2 December 1975
|[[Lao People's Revolutionary Party|LPRP]]
|[[Lao People's Revolutionary Party]]
|1986
|1986
|}
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Map of socialist states in Eastern Europe.

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.

Name Established Ruling party Socialism dismantled
 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 30 December 1922 All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) 1956
 Socialist Federative Republic of Councils in Hungary 21 March 1919 Hungarian Communist Party 1919
 Slovak Republic of Councils 16 June 1919 1919
 Mongolian People's Republic 26 November 1924 Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party 1956
 Bavarian Council Republic 6 April 1919 1919
 German Democratic Republic 7 October 1949 Socialist Unity Party of Germany 1958–1963
 Socialist Republic of Romania 30 December 1947 Romanian Communist Party 1956–1965
 People's Republic of Bulgaria 15 September 1946 Bulgarian Communist Party 1956
 Polish People's Republic 19 February 1947 Polish United Workers' Party 1956
 Hungarian People's Republic 20 August 1949 Hungarian Working People's Party 1956–1966
 Czechoslovak Socialist Republic 25 February 1948 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 1956
 People's Socialist Republic of Albania 10 January 1946 Party of Labor of Albania 1990
 Paris Commune 18 March 1871 1871
 Socialist Republic of Vietnam 2 September 1945 Communist Party of Vietnam 1986
 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2 December 1975 Lao People's Revolutionary Party 1986

References

  1. Vladimir Lenin (April 1921). The Tax in Kind.