Soviet government
Moscow's red rulers
The Soviet government was the communist political system that ruled Russia and later the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1991.
Soviet refers to councils of workers and soldiers that formed the basis of this system.
The term often appears in historical contexts: Soviet government policies, negotiations with the Soviet government.
It can describe the era's authoritarian characteristics: Soviet-style central planning.
- PolitburoCommunist party's governing body
- Communist PartyMarxist-Leninist political organization
- October RevolutionSoviet founding coup
- Red ArmySoviet ground forces
- Central CommitteeCommunist party's governing body
Marxism-Leninism · Iron Curtain · Berlin Wall · collectivization · Five Year Plan · Cold War · KGB · Eastern Bloc · General Secretary · Stalinism · show trials · secret police · class struggle · planned economy · bread lines · Warsaw Pact · anti-imperialism · red flag
Soviet governmentliberal democracy
Rights-based elected governance
democratic government · parliamentary democracy · constitutional democracy · free society · open society
Soviet governmentfree market economy
market economy · Reaganomics · Thatcherism · Austrian economics
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