From 1918 through the 1980s the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was a monolithic, monopolistic ruling party that dominated the political, economic, social, and cultural life of the U.S.S.R. The constitution and other legal documents that supposedly ordered and regulated the government of the Soviet Union were in fact subordinate to the policies of the CPSU and its …

In short, the Soviet Union was ideologically communist, or more specifically Marxist-Leninist and was ruled by the Communist Party. The government of the Soviet Union practiced what they called socialism, which they believed to be a transitional form on the road to Communism.

Was the Soviet Union truly communist? da true true: No. a realistic attempt a creating communism: yes

In this blog, I will focus on the history of the Soviet Union (1917-1991) and of global communism to the present. I first discovered Soviet history and global communism in my studies on Soviet Central Asia and Nationality Policy of the 1920s and 30s.

"The Soviets didn't establish communism. They thought about it, but never did it." Under a true communist system, says Resnick, the workers would control all aspects of production and decide how any surpluses are used.