Communist era: Difference between revisions

== Current communist states ==

 

{{main|China}}

{{see also|History of the People's Republic of China|History of the Communist Party of China}}

The [[Communist Party of China]] emerged as the dominant political entity in [[mainland China]] following the [[Chinese Civil War]] of 1927-1949. On October 1, 1949, [[Mao Zedong]] declared the People's Republic of China from atop [[Tiananmen]].

 

{{main|Cuba}}

 

 

 

 

 

== Current states with a history of communist rule ==

 

{{main|People's Republic of Angola}}

 

The [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan]] was founded on April 30, 1978, following the [[Saur Revolution]]. The [[People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan]] was supported by the Soviet Union through a series of internal power struggles, eventually collapsing in 1992 after the Soviet Union's dissolution.

 

{{main|People's Socialist Republic of Albania}}

 

{{main|People's Republic of Benin}}

 

== Soviet Union and client states ==

 

{{main|Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic}}

 

{{main|Communist era of Czechoslovakia}}

 

{{main|Soviet Union}}

 

== Historic communist states ==

 

{{main|Anarchist Aragon}}