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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, [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.
[[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]]. [[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. 
* [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]]
{| class="wikitable"
* [[German Democratic Republic]]
|+
* [[Socialist Republic of Romania]]
!Name
* [[People's Republic of Bulgaria]]
!Established
* [[Polish People's Republic]]
!Ruling party
* [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic]]
!Socialism dismantled
* [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania]]
|-
* [[Paris Commune]]
|{{flagcountry|Soviet Union}}
* [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam]]
|30 December 1922
* [[Lao People's Democratic Republic]]
|[[All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)]]
|[[De-Stalinization|1956]]
|-
|{{flagcountry|Hungarian Soviet Republic}}
|21 March 1919
|[[Hungarian Communist Party]]
|1919
|-
|{{flagcountry|Slovak Soviet Republic}}
|16 June 1919
|–
|1919
|-
|{{flagcountry|Mongolian People's Republic}}
|26 November 1924
|[[Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party]]
|1956
|-
|{{flagcountry|Bavarian Soviet Republic}}
|6 April 1919
|–
|1919
|-
|{{flagcountry|German Democratic Republic}}
|7 October 1949
|[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]
|1958–1963
|-
|{{flagcountry|Socialist Republic of Romania}}
|30 December 1947
|[[Romanian Communist Party]]
|1956–1965
|-
|{{flagcountry|People's Republic of Bulgaria}}
|15 September 1946
|[[Bulgarian Communist Party]]
|1956
|-
|{{flagcountry|Polish People's Republic}}
|19 February 1947
|[[Polish United Workers' Party]]
|1956
|-
|{{flagcountry|Hungarian People's Republic}}
|20 August 1949
|[[Hungarian Working People's Party]]
|1956–1966
|-
|{{flagcountry|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic}}
|25 February 1948
|[[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]]
|1956
|-
|{{flagcountry|People's Socialist Republic of Albania}}
|10 January 1946
|[[Party of Labor of Albania]]
|1990
|-
|{{flagcountry|Paris Commune}}
|18 March 1871
|–
|1871
|-
|{{flagcountry|Vietnam}}
|2 September 1945
|[[Communist Party of Vietnam]]
|[[Đổi Mới|1986]]
|-
|{{flagcountry|Laos}}
|2 December 1975
|[[Lao People's Revolutionary Party]]
|1986
|}


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Latest revision as of 00:26, 4 March 2025

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.
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