Map showing states that had communist governments during the Cold War in bright red, and other states the USSR believed to be "moving toward socialism" in dark red

Soviet Empire was a controversial, politically charged and pejorative term used to critically describe the actions and nature of the Soviet Union. It gained popularity after U.S. President Ronald Reagan famously denounced the USSR as an "evil empire" in a 1982 speech to the United Kingdom House of Commons. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1357x633, 45 KB) States that once had overtly communist governments in bright red, states moving toward socialism in dark red File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1357x633, 45 KB) States that once had overtly communist governments in bright red, states moving toward socialism in dark red File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A word or phrase is pejorative if it implies contempt or disapproval. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... The term evil empire was applied to the former Soviet Union (USSR) by U.S. President Ronald Reagan, American conservatives, and other Americans, particularly hawks. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. ...

Motivation of the term

Though it was not ruled by an emperor and declared itself anti-imperialist, the Soviet Union exhibited certain tendencies common to historic empires: An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

• Territorial expansion through invasion or subversion (e.g.: Poland, Finland, Baltic States).
• Strong central government controlling the governments of subsidiary and satellite territories.
• Interference (including through the use of military force) in the internal politics of its allies (see histories of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland).

For these reasons and others, the Soviet Union is sometimes considered by certain historians^{[citation needed]} to be one of the main empires of history, equal to such notables as the British Empire and the Roman Empire, and borrowing some of the foreign policy of the Tsarist Russian Empire that it replaced. Supporters of the Soviet Union (mostly intellectuals or Communist parties aligned with it, such as Cuba), meanwhile, reject such claims and argue that the relationship between the Soviet Union and countries within its "empire" was in fact one of voluntary cooperation. Subversion is an overturning or uprooting. ... Baltic states and the Baltic Sea The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a term which nowadays refers to three countries in Northern Europe: Estonia Latvia Lithuania Prior to World War II, Finland was sometimes considered, particularly by the Soviet Union, a fourth Baltic state. ... Cities are a major hallmark of human civilization. ... The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ... The Roman Empire is the name given to both the imperial domain developed by the city-state of Rome and also the corresponding phase of that civilization, characterized by an autocratic form of government. ... Official language Russian Official Religion Russian Orthodox Christianity Capital Saint Petersburg (Petrograd 1914-1924) Area Approx. ...

The Soviet sphere of influence

Though there never was any formal "Soviet Empire", the Soviet Union did exert a strong influence over a number of nations, covering 52.2% of the Earth's surface area^{[citation needed]}. Dwarfing, by far, the British Empire which claimed to be the largest ever. Thus, the Soviet Empire was said to consist of the following:

Member states of the Soviet Union

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• Russian SFSR (which in turn included of several autonomous republics) also autonomous oblast and okerugs]
• Ukrainian SSR
• Byelorussian SSR
• Uzbek SSR
• Kazakh SSR
• Georgian SSR
• Azerbaijan SSR
• Lithuanian SSR
• Moldavian SSR
• Latvian SSR
• Kyrgyz SSR
• Tajik SSR
• Armenian SSR
• Turkmen SSR
• Estonian SSR

State motto: Russian: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! Translation: Workers of the world, unite! Capital Moscow Official language Russian Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until November 7, 1917 November 7, 1917 December 12, 1991 (dissolution) Area  - Total  - Water (%) Ranked 1st in the USSR 17,075,200 km² 13% Population  - Total   - Density Ranked 1st in the... Evolution of the Soviet Republics from 1922 to 1958. ... State motto: Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! Official language None. ... State motto: Пралетарыі ўсіх краін, яднайцеся! Belarusian: Workers of the world, unite! Official language None. ... State motto: Uzbek: Бутун дунё пролетарлари, бирлашингиз! Translation: Workers of the world, unite! Capital Tashkent Official language None. ... State motto: Барлық елдердің пролетарлары, бірігіңдер! (Workers of the world, unite!) Official language None. ... State motto: პროლეტარ ყველა ქვეყნისა, შეერთდით! Official language Georgian since 1978 Capital Tbilisi Chairman of the Supreme Council Zviad Gamsakhurdia (at independence) Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until February 25, 1921 December 30, 1922 April 9, 1991 Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 10th in former Soviet Union 69,700 km² -- Population  - Total (1989)  - Density Ranked... State motto: Бүтүн өлкәләрин пролетарлары, бирләшин! Workers of the world, unite! Official language None. ... State motto: Lithuanian: Visų Å¡alių proletarai, vienykitÄ—s! Translation: Workers of the world, unite! Capital Vilnius Official language None. ... State motto: Пролетарь дин тоате цэриле, униць-вэ! Official language None. ... State motto: Visu zemju proletārieÅ¡i, savienojieties! Official language Latvian, Russian (de facto). ... State motto: Бардык өлкөлордүн пролетарлары, бириккиле! Official language None. ... State motto: Пролетарҳои ҳамаи мамлакатҳо, як шавед! Official language None. ... State motto: ÕŠÖ€Õ¸Õ¬Õ¥Õ¿Õ¡Ö€Õ¶Õ¥Ö€ Õ¢Õ¸Õ¬Õ¸Ö€ Õ¥Ö€Õ¯Ö€Õ¶Õ¥Ö€Õ«, միացեք! (Workers of the world, unite!) Official language None. ... State motto: Әхли юртларың пролетарлары, бирлешиң! Official language None. ... State motto: Kõigi maade proletaarlased, ühinege (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Official language Estonian, Russian (de facto) Capital Tallinn Chairman of the Supreme Council Arnold Rüütel (at the time of regaining independence) Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until July 21, 1940 August 6, 1940 August 20, 1991...

Members of Comecon

These countries were the closest allies of the Soviet Union. They were members of the Comecon, a Soviet-led economic community founded in 1949. In addition, the ones located in Eastern Europe were also members of the Warsaw Pact. They were sometimes called the Eastern bloc in English and were widely viewed as Soviet satellite states. A Soviet poster reading COMECON: Unity of Goals, Unity of Action The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON / Comecon / CMEA / CEMA), 1949 – 1991, was an economic organization of communist states and a kind of Eastern Bloc equivalent to—but more inclusive than—the European Economic Community. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Unofficial Seal of the Warsaw Pact Distinguish from the Warsaw Convention, which is an agreement among airlines about financial liability and the Treaty of Warsaw (1970) between West Germany and the Peoples Republic of Poland. ... A map of the Eastern Bloc. ... Satellite state is a political term that refers to a country which is formally independent but which is primarily subject to the domination of another, larger power. ...

• Bulgaria
• Cuba
• Czechoslovakia
• East Germany
• Hungary
• Mongolia
• Poland
• Romania
• North Vietnam/Vietnam (after 1975)
• Albania

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Soviet involvement in other countries

In the political terminology of the Soviet Union, these were "countries moving along the socialist road of development", as opposed to the "countries of developed socialism", listed above. Most received some aid, either military or economic, from the Soviet Union, and were influenced by it to varying degrees. Their support for the Soviet Union was short lived for various reasons; in some cases the pro-Soviet government lost power, while in other cases the same government remained in power but changed its relations with the Soviet Union.

Some of these countries were not Communist states. They are marked in italic.

• Soviet Ukrain 1921-1922
• Bessarbian Soviet Socialist Republic-1919
• Black Sea Soviet Republic-[1918]
• Bukharan People's Soviet Republic-1920-1924
• Commune of the Working People of Estonia-1920-
• Khorezm People's Soviet Republic-[1920]-1923
• Kuban Soviet Republic-[1918]
• Kuban-Black Sea Soviet Republic-1918
• Lithuanian-Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic-1919
• Mughan Soviet Republic-1918-?
• North Caucasian Soviet Republic-1918-
• Provisional Polish Revolutionary Committee-1920
• Soviet Mountain Republic-1918-?
• Stavropol Soviet Republic-1921-1924
• Taurida Governorate-?
• Terek Soviet Republic-[[1918-1919
• Soviet Republic of Naissaar 1917-1918
• Finnish Socialist Workers Republic 1918
• Alsace Soviet Republic 1918
• Slovak Soviet Republic 1918-1919
• Hungarian Soviet Republic 1919
• Limerick Soviet 1919
• Munich Soviet Republic 1919
• Galician Soviet Socialist Republic 1920
• Persian Soviet Socialist Republic 1920-1921
• Siankang-[1928]-[1935]
• Hunan Soviet 1927-?
• Chinese Soviet Republic 1931-1934
• Republican Spain 1936-1939
• Xinjiang 1945-[?]
• Eastern Austria occupied 1945-1955
• Finland 1945-[1991][Finnish soviet mutual Assistance Treaty]
• Azerbajan People's Government 1945-1946
• Republic of Mahabad1946
• Yugoslavia (1945-1948)
• People's Republic of China (1949-1962; see Sino-Soviet split)
• Guatemala-1954
• Egypt (1954-1973)
• Syria (1955-1991)
• Iraq (1958-1963, 1972-1991)
• Somalia (1961-1976)
• Ghana (1964-1966)
• Peru (1968-1975)
• Sudan (1968-1972)
• Libya (1969-1991)
• People's Republic of Congo (1969-1991)
• Chile (1970-1973)
• People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1970-1990)
• Uganda (1971-1979)
• India (1971-1991)
• Madagascar (1972-?)
• People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1974-1991)
• Lao People's Democratic Republic (1975-1991)
• Benin (1975-1979)
• Mozambique (1975-1990)
• Angola (1976-1991)
• Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978-1991)
• Grenada 1979-1983
• Nicaragua (1979-1990)
• People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979-1989)
• Guinea (?)
• Algeria(1982)
• Mali(1982)-(1991)
• Maurtianai(1982) (1991)
• Sierra Leone(1982)
• Zimbabwe(1985)
• United Arab Republic(1958) (1961) (Egytp and Syria)
• Yemem Arab Republic (1982)
• United Arab States (1958) (1961] [Successor to the U.A.R]
• South Vietnam 1975
• Cape Verde 1985
• Guinea-Bissau 1985-1991
• (Mexico)[through Comecom][

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North Caucasian Soviet Republic (Russian: Северо-Кавказская Советская Республика [Severo-Kavkazskaja Sovetskaja Respublika]) (July 7-December, 1918) was a... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Provisional Polish Revolutionary Committee (Polish: Polrevkom; Russian: ) (July-August 1920) was a revolutionary committee created under the patronage of Soviet Russia with the goal to establish a Polish Soviet Socialist Republic. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The Soviet Mountain Republic (Russian: Го́рская АССР, part of RSFSR) existed from January 20, 1921 to July 7, 1924. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Stavropol Soviet Republic (Russian: Ставропольская Советская Республика [Stavropol’skaja Sovetskaja Respublika]) (January 1-July 7, 1918) was part of the RSFSR in the territory of Stavropol Guberniya of the Imperial Russia. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Taurida Governorate (Russian: , Ukrainian: , Crimean Tatar: ) was a historical governorate of Russia that is now part of Ukraine. ... Terek Soviet Republic (Терская Советская Республика) (March, 1918 — February, 1919) was created within the RSFSR on the territory of the Terek Oblast. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 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The Hungarian Soviet Republic was the political regime in Hungary from March 21, 1919 until the beginning of August of the same year, and it is the second Communist (or soviet) government in world history, after the one in Russia (1917). ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Founded on April 15, 1919 by the the Limerick Trades and Labour Council, as a protest against the declaraction a Special Military Area under the Defence of the Realm Act which covered of most of Limerick city and a part of the county. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Münchner Räterepublik, known as the Munich Soviet Republic or Bavarian Soviet Republic (Bayerische Räterepublik), was a short-lived communist country, organized in Bavaria in the year 1919. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Galician Soviet Socialist Republic (Galician SSR) existed from July 8, 1920 to September 21, 1920 during the Polish-Soviet War within the area of the South-Western front of the Red Army. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The Persian Socialist Soviet Republic (widely known as the Soviet Republic of Gilan ) was a short-lived Soviet republic in the province of Gilan that lasted from June of 1920 until September of 1921. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Autumn Harvest Uprising was an insurrection that took place in Hunan province and Jiangxi province, China on September 7, 1927, led by Mao Zedong, who established a short-lived Hunan Soviet. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Jiangxi Soviet, formally called the Chinese Soviet Republic (中华苏维埃共和国 Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Sūwéiāi Gònghēguó), also translated as the Soviet Republic of China or the China Soviet Republic, existed from 1931 to 1934. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Muslim Conquest of Iberia Timeline of Muslim Occupation Medieval Spain Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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Communist states opposed to the Soviet Union

Some Communist states were openly opposed to the Soviet Union and many of its policies. Though their forms of government may have been similar, they were completely sovereign from the USSR and held only formal ties. Relations were often tense, sometimes even to the point of armed conflict.

• Yugoslavia (Informbiro 1948)
• Albania (following the Sino-Soviet split)
• People's Republic of China (following the Sino-Soviet split)
• Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1979, under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge)
• Communist Party of Indoneseia 1962- 1964

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Sino-Soviet Split

The Red states represent Communist governments aligned to the Soviet Union. The Yellow states represents Communist governments aligned with the People's Republic of China, which were Albania, Cambodia, and the Communist Party of Indonesia. The Black states (North Korea and Yugoslavia) represent the communist nations that were not aligned with either.

The Sino-Soviet split greatly ruptured the so-called international Communist movement, when China broke away from the theoritical Soviet Empire. Before the split in the late 1950s, it could be said the People's Republic of China was one of the Soviet Union's closest and most powerful communist ally, despite China being a developing nation. The Sino-Soviet split complicated the Cold War by opening a possible new front for the Soviet Union, and creating a triangular relationship between the Soviet Union, the United States, and China. The communist great powers were no longer united against their "capitalist" enemies. Although Albania and Pol Pot's regime in Cambodia decided to side with China, most of the communist nations stuck with the Soviet Union, which would also lead to armed conflict between China and Vietnam (supported by the Soviet Union). The Maoist faction was nowhere near as powerful as the Soviet faction in the Communist world, but was a significant threat the Soviets had to contend with. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1357x633, 45 KB) The Red states represent Communist governments aligned to the Soviet Union. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1357x633, 45 KB) The Red states represent Communist governments aligned to the Soviet Union. ... The Communist Party of Indonesia (in Indonesian: Partai Komunis Indonesia, PKI) was a communist party in Indonesia. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in Latin, Југославија in Cyrillic, English: Land of the South Slavs) describes four political entities that existed one at a time on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century. ... The Sino-Soviet split was a major diplomatic conflict between the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), beginning in the late 1950s, reaching a peak in 1969 and continuing in various ways until the late 1980s. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... A developing country is a country with low average income compared to the world average. ... The Cold War was the period of protracted conflict and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union and their allies from the late 1940s until the late 1980s. ... In the context of international relations and diplomacy, power (sometimes clarified as international power, national power, or state power) is the ability of one state to influence or control other states. ... In economics, a capitalist is someone who owns capital, presumably within the economic system of capitalism. ... Combatants Peoples Republic of China Vietnam Strength 200,000 entered Vietnam and another 100,000 in Yunnan and Guangxi 100,000+ Casualties Disputed. ... Maoism or Mao Zedong Thought (Chinese: 毛澤東思想, pinyin: Máo Zédōng Sīxiǎng), also called Marxism-Leninism–Mao Zedong Thought or Marxism-Leninism-Maoism (MLM), is a variant of communism derived from the teachings of Mao Zedong (1893&#8211...

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9." The Soviet Union from Revolution to Empire". by Steven Smith copywirght 1996[ This Book States that "the soviet Union is the succseor to the Czarist empire" There for an Empire and it had sphere of influnce right after the october revolution, like Hungary' slovakia' Muncich'ecetra, Also look at the soviet polish war, Poland was their spring board into invading Europe Stalin and Budonny pland to invade Germany Austria Hungary Czehoslovakia, and The Rest of Europe now dosen't that sound like empire making.

See also

• American Empire
• Cominform
• Communism
• Communist state
• Eastern bloc
• evil empire
• Warsaw Pact