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=== Marxist–Leninist states ===
=== Marxist–Leninist states ===


* [[File:Red_flag.svg|20px]] [[Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (1918)]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* [[File:Red_flag.svg|20px]] [[Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)]]
|-
* [[File:Red_flag.svg|20px]] [[Bavarian Soviet Republic (1919)]]
! Name !! Began !! Ended
* [[Far Eastern Republic (1920–1922)]]
|-
* {{Flagicon|Flag of Tuva (1935–1939).svg}} [[Tuvan People's Republic (1921–1944)]]
| [[File:Red_flag.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Finland|Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic]] || 1918 || 1918
* [[File:Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1955-1991).svg|20px]] [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)]]
|-
* [[File:Mongolian_People's_Republic_Flag.png|20px]] [[Mongolian People's Republic (1924–1992)|Mongolian People's Republic (1924–1990)]]
| [[File:Red_flag.svg|20px]] [[Hungary|Hungarian Soviet Republic]] || 1919 || 1919
* [[File:Flag_of_Chinese_Soviet_Republic.svg|20px]] [[Chinese Soviet Republic (1931–1937)]]
|-
* [[File:Yugoslav_flag.png|20px]] [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1992)]]
| [[File:Red_flag.svg|20px]] [[Free State of Bavaria|Bavarian Soviet Republic]] || 1919 || 1919
* [[File:People's_Republic_of_Bulgaria_flag.png|20px]] [[People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990)]]
|-
* [[File:Flag_of_Albania_(1946–1992).svg|20px]] [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania (1946–1992)]]
| [[Far Eastern Republic|Far Eastern Republic]] || 1920 || 1922
* [[File:Flag_of_Poland_(1927–1980).svg|20px]] [[Polish People's Republic (1947–1989)]]
|-
* [[File:Flag_of_Romania_(1965–1989).png|20px]] [[Socialist Republic of Romania (1947–1989)]]
| {{Flagicon|Flag of Tuva (1935–1939).svg}} [[Tuvan People's Republic]] || 1921 || 1944
* [[File:GDR_flag.png|20px]] [[German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)]]
|-
* [[File:Flag_of_Hungary_(1949–1956).svg|20px]] [[Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)]]
| [[File:Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1955-1991).svg|20px]] [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] || 1922 || 1991
* [[File:Flag_of_Vietnam.svg|20px]] [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam|Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1954–1975)]]
|-
* [[File:Czech_flag.png|20px]] [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1948–1990)]]
| [[File:Mongolian_People's_Republic_Flag.png|20px]] [[Mongolian People's Republic (1924–1992)|Mongolian People's Republic]] || 1924 || 1990
* [[File:Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg|20px]] [[People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967–1990)]]
|-
* [[File:Flag_of_Somalia.svg|20px]] [[Somali Democratic Republic (1969–1991)]]
| [[File:Flag_of_Chinese_Soviet_Republic.svg|20px]] [[Chinese Soviet Republic]] || 1931 || 1937
* [[People's Republic of the Congo (1969–1992)]]
|-
* [[File:Flag_of_Derg.png|20px]] [[Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia (1974–1987)]]
| [[File:Yugoslav_flag.png|20px]] [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] || 1945 || 1992
* {{Flagicon|Flag of Mozambique (1975–1983) (16-9).svg.png}} [[People's Republic of Mozambique (1975–1990)]]
|-
* [[People's Republic of Benin (1975–1992)]]
| [[File:People's_Republic_of_Bulgaria_flag.png|20px]] [[People's Republic of Bulgaria]] || 1946 || 1990
* [[People's Republic of Angola (1975–1992)]]
|-
* {{Flagicon|Flag of Madagascar.svg}} [[Democratic Republic of Madagascar (1975–1992)]]
| [[File:Flag_of_Albania_(1946–1992).svg|20px]] [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania]] || 1946 || 1992
* [[File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_(1980–1987).svg|20px]] [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992)|Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1987)]]
|-
* [[File:Grenada_flag.png|20px]] [[People's Revolutionary Government (Grenada)|People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada]]
| [[File:Flag_of_Poland_(1927–1980).svg|20px]] [[Polish People's Republic]] || 1947 || 1989
* [[People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–1989)]]
|-
* [[People's Republic of Burkina Faso (1984–1987)]]
| [[File:Flag_of_Romania_(1965–1989).png|20px]] [[Socialist Republic of Romania]] || 1947 || 1989
|-
| [[File:GDR_flag.png|20px]] [[German Democratic Republic]] || 1949 || 1990
|-
| [[File:Flag_of_Hungary_(1949–1956).svg|20px]] [[Hungarian People's Republic]] || 1949 || 1989
|-
| [[File:Flag_of_Vietnam.svg|20px]] [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam|Democratic Republic of Vietnam]] || 1954 || 1975
|-
| [[File:Czech_flag.png|20px]] [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic]] || 1948 || 1990
|-
| [[File:Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg|20px]] [[People's Democratic Republic of Yemen]] || 1967 || 1990
|-
| [[File:Flag_of_Somalia.svg|20px]] [[Somali Democratic Republic]] || 1969 || 1991
|-
| [[Republic of the Congo|People's Republic of the Congo]] || 1969 || 1992
|-
| [[File:Flag_of_Derg.png|20px]] [[ Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia|Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia]] || 1974 || 1987
|-
| {{Flagicon|Flag of Mozambique (1975–1983) (16-9).svg.png}} [[People's Republic of Mozambique]] || 1975 || 1990
|-
| [[Republic of Benin|People's Republic of Benin]] || 1975 || 1992
|-
| [[Angola|People's Republic of Angola]] || 1975 || 1992
|-
| {{Flagicon|Flag of Madagascar.svg}} [[Democratic Republic of Madagascar]] || 1975 || 1992
|-
| [[File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_(1980–1987).svg|20px]] [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992)|Democratic Republic of Afghanistan]] || 1978 || 1987
|-
| [[File:Grenada_flag.png|20px]] [[People's Revolutionary Government (Grenada)|People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada]] || 1979 || 1983
|-
| [[People's Republic of Kampuchea|People's Republic of Kampuchea]] || 1979 || 1989
|-
| [[Burkina Faso|People's Republic of Burkina Faso]] || 1984 || 1987
|-
| [[Republic of Ghana|People's Republic of Ghana]] || 1957 || 1966
|-
| [[Union of African States|Union of African States]] || 1958 || 1961
|-
| [[Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic|Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic]] || 1940 || 1956
|}


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 23:18, 9 September 2025

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A socialist state, socialist republic, or socialist country, sometimes referred to as a workers' state or workers' republic, is a sovereign state which is dictated by the proletariat and undergoing the construction of socialism. The term communist state is often used synonymously in the West specifically when referring to one-party socialist states governed by Marxist–Leninist communist parties, despite these countries being officially socialist states in the process of building socialism. In accordance with the Communist theory on stages of revolution, these countries have not described themselves as communist nor as having implemented a communist society, but are in the process of doing so.

Overview

Socialist states commonly have centrally planned economies, democratic centralism, and maintain a policy of secularism or state atheism. Marxist states operate under a dictatorship of the proletariat, which is not the case for all states that constitutionally self-identify as "socialist".

Current socialist states

Marxist–Leninist states

Countries with constitutional references to socialism

Former socialist states

Marxist–Leninist states

Name Began Ended
Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic 1918 1918
Hungarian Soviet Republic 1919 1919
Bavarian Soviet Republic 1919 1919
Far Eastern Republic 1920 1922
Tuvan People's Republic 1921 1944
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1922 1991
Mongolian People's Republic 1924 1990
Chinese Soviet Republic 1931 1937
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1945 1992
People's Republic of Bulgaria 1946 1990
People's Socialist Republic of Albania 1946 1992
Polish People's Republic 1947 1989
Socialist Republic of Romania 1947 1989
German Democratic Republic 1949 1990
Hungarian People's Republic 1949 1989
Democratic Republic of Vietnam 1954 1975
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic 1948 1990
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 1967 1990
Somali Democratic Republic 1969 1991
People's Republic of the Congo 1969 1992
Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia 1974 1987
People's Republic of Mozambique 1975 1990
People's Republic of Benin 1975 1992
People's Republic of Angola 1975 1992
Democratic Republic of Madagascar 1975 1992
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan 1978 1987
People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada 1979 1983
People's Republic of Kampuchea 1979 1989
People's Republic of Burkina Faso 1984 1987
People's Republic of Ghana 1957 1966
Union of African States 1958 1961
Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic 1940 1956

See also

References

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