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A socialist state, also known as a socialist republic or socialist country, in Marxism-Leninism, is a state formation of the dictatorship of the proletariat. The characteristics of a socialist state includes the following:
1. The dictatorship of the proletariat (or variants such as New Democracy), in which the most advanced elements of the working class form a vanguard party to guide the state.
2. A socialist mode of production
3. Organization based on Marxist-Leninist principles: that is unified power, a supreme organ of state power, and the role of the Marxist-Leninist vanguard party.
A socialist state is often compared with the term communist state which is used by western scholars, but this is partially incorrect: a communist state can be a people's democratic state or a socialist state.
Current socialist states[edit | edit source]
Socialist states[edit | edit source]
People's Republic of China (declared 17 November 1975)
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (declared 2 July 1976)
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (declared 27 December 1972)
Republic of Cuba (declared 24 February 1976)
Former socialist states[edit | edit source]
The first date refers to the establishment of the state itself; the second date, if applicable, refers to when the country declared itself a socialist state. Some states, like the Soviet Union, were retroactively declared socialist states.
| Name | Began | Ended |
|---|---|---|
.svg){kind=small} Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
1922[1] | 1991[2] |
 Mongolian People's Republic |
1924/1960[3] | 1990[4] |
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
1945/1963[5] | 1992[6] |
 People's Republic of Bulgaria |
1946/1971[7] | 1990[8] |
.svg){kind=small} People's Socialist Republic of Albania |
1946/1976[9] | 1992[10] |
.svg){kind=small} Polish People's Republic |
1952/1976[11] | 1989 |
.png){kind=small} Socialist Republic of Romania |
1947/1965 | 1989 |
 German Democratic Republic |
1949/1968 | 1990 |
.svg){kind=small} Hungarian People's Republic |
1949/1972 | 1989 |
 Czechoslovak Socialist Republic |
1948/1960 | 1990 |
 Somali Democratic Republic |
1969 | 1991 |
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ “On December 30, 1922, in post-revolutionary Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Federation (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Azerbaijan and Armenian republics). Also known as the Soviet Union, the new communist state was the successor to the Russian Empire and the first country in the world to be based on Marxist socialism.”
"USSR established". History.com. Archived from the original on 2025-03-28. Retrieved 2025-09-20. - ↑ “collapse of the Soviet Union, sequence of events that led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 31, 1991. The former superpower was replaced by 15 independent countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.”
"collapse of the Soviet Union". Britannica. Archived from the original on 2025-09-20. Retrieved 2025-09-20. - ↑ Aleksandr Guber, Shagdaryn Bira, Sanje Dylykov, Hudogiin Perlee, Georgiy Kim, Shagdarjavyn Natsagdorj, Bazaryn Shirendev, Yevgeniy Zhukov (1973). History of the Mongolian People's Republic. Internet Archive.
- ↑ Alan J.K. Sanders (1996). Historical Dictionary of Mongolia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810861916
- ↑ “The Constituent Assembly proclaimed the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia on November 29, 1945.”
"64. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945-1992)". University of Central Arkansas. Archived from the original on 2025-09-20. Retrieved 2025-09-20. - ↑ "The Breakup of Yugoslavia, 1990–1992". Office of the Historian. Archived from the original on 2025-09-20. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
- ↑ “Post-Crisis Phase (November 10, 1945-June 4, 1947): Parliamentary elections were held on November 18, 1945, and the FF won some 86 percent of the vote. Opposition political parties had boycotted the parliamentary elections. The British government provided diplomatic assistance (diplomatic recognition) to the government on December 27, 1945. Prime Minister Georgiev formed a communist-dominated government on March 31, 1946. The British government imposed diplomatic sanctions (diplomatic non-recognition) against the government of Prime Minister Georgiev on April 2, 1946. A majority of Bulgarians voted to abolish the monarchy in a referendum on September 8, 1946, and King Symeon II went into exile in Egypt on September 9, 1946. The Bulgarian Republic was proclaimed on September 15, 1946. Elections for the National Assembly (Sobranje) were held on October 27, 1946, and the FF won 366 out of 465 seats. Georgi Dimitrov formed a government on November 22, 1946. The British government provided diplomatic assistance (diplomatic recognition) to the government of Prime Minister Dimitrov on February 12, 1947.”
"10. Bulgaria (1908-present)". University of Central Arkansas. Archived from the original on 2025-09-20. Retrieved 2025-09-20. - ↑ Mariya Cheresheva (2017-11-10). "Bulgaria Marks 28 Years Since Fall of Communism" Balkan Insight. Archived from the original on 2025-09-20. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
- ↑ “On January 11, 1946 the Constituent Assembly proclaimed Albania a People's Republic”
Enver Hoxha (1946-03-24). "Program of the First Government of the People's Republic of Albania Presented to the People's Assembly of the PRA" Archived from the original on 2025-09-20. Retrieved 2025-09-20. - ↑ "Collapse of communism". Britannica. Archived from the original on 2025-09-20. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
- ↑ “The constitution adopted by the communists introduces a new name for the Polish state, the Polish People's Republic (Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL), which replaces the previously used Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska).”
"Brief History of Poland". Institute of National Remembrance. Archived from the original on 2025-09-20. Retrieved 2025-09-20.