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Encyclopedia - Puppet State: Encyclopedia Ii - Puppet State - Accusations Of Puppet States Since 1900
Puppet state - World War II. The Allies in World War II accused their enemies, the Axis powers, of setting up puppet states in their co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soviet Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Soviet Empire - Motivation Of The Term
Though it was not ruled by an emperor and declared itself anti-imperialist, the Soviet Union - according to its critics - exhibited certa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1948: Encyclopedia - 1948
1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). 1948 - Events. 1948 - January-February. Januar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yugoslavia: Encyclopedia - Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages, in Cyrillic Југославија) is a term used for three separate but successi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania
From 1945 until 1990 Albania had a socialist government. The communist party was created in 1941. Enver Hoxha became the leader of this p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soviet Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Soviet Empire - Countries With Pro-soviet Governments For Shorter Periods Of Time
In the political terminology of the Soviet Union, these were "countries moving along the socialist road of development", as opposed to th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communism: Encyclopedia - Communism
History of communism Schools of communism Marxism · Leninism Trotskyism · Maoism Council communism Religious communism Communist partie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soviet Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Soviet Empire - 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. Thus, the Sovi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yugoslavia: Encyclopedia Ii - Yugoslavia - The Second Yugoslavia
Main article: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia On January 31, 1946 the new constitution of Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Josip Broz Tito: Encyclopedia Ii - Josip Broz Tito - Early Years
Tito was born Josip Broz in Kumrovec, northwestern Croatia, in an area called Zagorje, which was then part of Austro-Hungarian Empire. He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comecon: Encyclopedia Ii - Comecon - Characteristics
Seat: Moscow Full Members in the late 1980s: the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Albania-related Articles: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Albania-related Articles - List Of Unedited Articles
Note: Before editing these articles make sure that there are not any articles already on that subject with a different spelling (instead ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Josip Broz Tito: Encyclopedia Ii - Josip Broz Tito - Early Years
Tito was born Josip Broz in Kumrovec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Croatia), in an area called Zagorje. He was the seventh child in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milovan Đilas: Encyclopedia Ii - Milovan Đilas - Revolutionary
Born in Montenegro, he joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia while a student at Belgrade University in 1932. He was a political prison...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sino-soviet Split: Encyclopedia Ii - Sino-soviet Split - Background
The roots of the split went back to the 1930s, when the Chinese Communists led by Mao Zedong were simultaneously conducting a war of resi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Udba: Encyclopedia Ii - Udba - Activities
From 1963 - 74, security intelligence services dealt with a series of domestic and foreign political events. At home, there were politica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of The Soviet Union: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of The Soviet Union - Practical Deployment Of The Soviet Military
Military history of the Soviet Union - Interwar period. See also: Interwar period Following the death of Lenin, the Soviet Union was en...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Josip Broz Tito: Encyclopedia Ii - Josip Broz Tito - Early Years
Tito was born Josip Broz in Kumrovec, northwestern Croatia, in an area called Zagorje, which was then part of Austro-Hungarian Empire. He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Republic Of Macedonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Republic Of Macedonia - 1990s
On September 17, 1991, the former Socialist Republic of Macedonia declared independence from Yugoslavia, under the name of the Republic o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - Early Socialists
Further information: History of socialism in Great Britain, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]], and    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comintern: Encyclopedia Ii - Comintern - Origins Of The Communist International
The origins of the Communist International are to be found in the split in the workers' movement that surfaced in 1914 with the beginning...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikita Khrushchev: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikita Khrushchev - Early Days
Nikita Khrushchev was born in the village of Kalinovka, Dmitriyev Uyezd, Kursk Guberniya, Russian Empire (now Kursk Oblast of the Russian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - Albanian-yugoslav Tensions
Until Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Cominform in 1948, Albania acted like a Yugoslav satellite and Tito aimed to use his choke hold on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hammer And Sickle: Encyclopedia Ii - Hammer And Sickle - Soviet And Russian Usage
Since 1917 the hammer and sickle (Russian: серп и молот, serp i molot) was one of the symbols of the RSFSR. Initially it was re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1948: Encyclopedia Ii - 1948 - Events
1948 - January-February. January 1 - Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Q...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communism: Encyclopedia Ii - Communism - The Growth Of Modern Communism
Communism - Soviet Marxism. In Russia, the 1917 October Revolution was the first time any party with an avowedly Marxist orientation, i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communism: Encyclopedia Ii - Communism - Cold War Years
As the Soviet Union won important allies by victory in the Second World War in Eastern Europe, communism as a movement spread to a number...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Josip Broz Tito: Encyclopedia Ii - Josip Broz Tito - World War Ii
In April 1941, the Communists were among the first to organize a resistance movement. On April 10th, the Politburo of the Communist Party...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Republic Of Macedonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Republic Of Macedonia - 1944-1949
Following World War II, Yugoslavia was reconstituted as a federal state under the leadership of Tito's Yugoslav Communist Party. When the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communism: Encyclopedia Ii - Communism - Communism After The Collapse Of The Soviet Union
In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union and relaxed central control, in accordance with reform policies of glasnost ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Republic Of Macedonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Republic Of Macedonia - 2000s
In the spring of 2001, ethnic Albanian rebels calling themselves the National Liberation Army (some of whom were former members of the Ko...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Republic Of Macedonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Republic Of Macedonia - 1912-1944
The valley of the river Vardar, which was later to become the central area of the Republic of Macedonia, was ruled by the Ottoman Empire ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comintern: Encyclopedia Ii - Comintern - From The Last Congress To Dissolution
The last Congress of the Comintern was held in 1935 and officially endorsed the Popular Front against fascism. This policy argued that Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comecon: Encyclopedia Ii - Comecon - Structure
Main article: Structure of the Comecon The official hierarchy of Comecon consisted of the Session of the Council for Mutual Economic Assi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comecon: Encyclopedia Ii - Comecon - Membership
In the late 1950s, a number of other communist-ruled countries--China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), Mongolia,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comecon: Encyclopedia Ii - Comecon - History
Main article: History of the Comecon The Comecon was founded in 1949 by the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comecon: Encyclopedia Ii - Comecon - Nature Of Operation
Comecon was an interstate organization through which members attempted to coordinate economic activities of mutual interest and to develo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comecon: Encyclopedia Ii - Comecon - Comecon Versus The European Economic Community
Although Comecon was loosely referred to as the "European Economic Community (EEC) of Eastern Europe," important contrasts existed betwee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - Consolidation Of Power And Initial Reforms
A collection of communists moved quickly after World War II to subdue all potential political enemies in Albania, break the country's lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comecon: Encyclopedia Ii - Comecon - International Relations Within The Comecon
See: International relations within the Comecon Soviet domination of Comecon was a function of its economic, political, and military powe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comintern: Encyclopedia Ii - Comintern - After The Comintern
In 1947 the Cominform, or Communist Information Bureau, was created as a substitute of the Comintern. It was a network made up of the Com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Josip Broz Tito: Encyclopedia Ii - Josip Broz Tito - Aftermath
At the time of his death, speculation began about whether his successors could continue to hold Yugoslavia together. Ethnic divisions and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sino-soviet Split: Encyclopedia Ii - Sino-soviet Split - The Onset Of The Split
In 1959, Khrushchev held a summit meeting with United States President Eisenhower. The Soviets were alarmed by the Great Leap Forward, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1948: Encyclopedia Ii - 1948 - Births
1948 - January-February. January 2 - Mary Archer, British scientist January 2 - Deborah Watling, British actress January 7 - Kenny Log...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sino-soviet Split: Encyclopedia Ii - Sino-soviet Split - From Split To Confrontation
After 1965, the Sino-Soviet split was an established fact, and the onset of Mao's Cultural Revolution severed all contact between the two...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sino-soviet Split: Encyclopedia Ii - Sino-soviet Split - Return To Normality
The fall from power of Lin Biao in 1971 marked the end of the most radical phase of the Cultural Revolution, and from then until Mao's de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Udba: Encyclopedia Ii - Udba - Structure
Intelligence and security activity was organized in the following manner: - After OZNA was abolished, intelligence activity was divided a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Udba: Encyclopedia Ii - Udba - Function
Forming a major part of the Yugoslav intelligence services during 1946-1991 period, and being in charge of mainly internal security. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milovan Đilas: Encyclopedia Ii - Milovan Đilas - Dissident
He was widely regarded as Tito's eventual successor, and was about to become President of Yugoslavia in 1954, when he was suddenly expell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communism: Encyclopedia Ii - Communism - Early Communism
The notion of communism has a long history in Western thought, long predating Marx and Engels. Already in ancient Greece the idea of comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of The Soviet Union: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of The Soviet Union - Tsarist And Revolutionary Background
The February Revolution replaced the Tsar with the Russian Provisional Government, 1917 which was itself overthrown by the Bolshevik Revo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Josip Broz Tito: Encyclopedia Ii - Josip Broz Tito - Personal
Tito's first wife was Pelagija Broz (maiden: Belousova), a Russian who bore him a son, Žarko. They got married in Omsk before moving to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of The Soviet Union: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of The Soviet Union - Development Of The Structure Ideology And Doctrine Of The Soviet Military
Military history of the Soviet Union - Party control. The Communist Party had a number of mechanisms of control over the country's arme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communism: Encyclopedia Ii - Communism - Marxism
Like other socialists, Marx and Engels sought an end to capitalism and the exploitation of workers. But whereas earlier socialists often ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of The Soviet Union: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of The Soviet Union - Collapse Of The Soviet Union And The Military
The political and economic chaos of the late 1980s and early 1990s soon erupted into the disintegration of the Warsaw Pact and the collap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of The Soviet Union: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of The Soviet Union - Military-industrial Complex And The Economy
With the notable exceptions of Khrushchev and possibly Gorbachev, Soviet leaders since the late 1920s have emphasized military production...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Josip Broz Tito: Encyclopedia Ii - Josip Broz Tito - Post-war
After the Tito-Šubašić Agreement in late 1944, the provisional government of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia was assembled on March 7, 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - Deteriorating Relations With The West
Albania's relations with the West soured after the communist regime's refusal to allow free elections in December 1945. Albania restricte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hammer And Sickle: Encyclopedia Ii - Hammer And Sickle - Other Similar Symbols
A number of symbols show some stylistical similarity to the hammer and sickle without necessarily featuring an actual hammer or a sickle....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - The Crisis Of Socialism
Socialism as a self-conscious international movement has been in crisis since the demise of the Soviet Union because many people of socia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - Third World Socialism
During hundreds of years America was "the new world", and naturally, Europe became "the old world". Both the old and the new world became...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Josip Broz Tito: Encyclopedia Ii - Josip Broz Tito - World War Ii
in April 1941, the Communists were among the first to organize a resistance movement. On April 10th, the Politburo of the Communist Party...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Josip Broz Tito: Encyclopedia Ii - Josip Broz Tito - Post-war
After the Tito-Šubašić Agreement in late 1944, the provisional government of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia was assembled on March 7, 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Josip Broz Tito: Encyclopedia Ii - Josip Broz Tito - Family
Tito's first wife was Pelagija Broz who bore him a son, Žarko. His second wife was Hertha Haas, a Slovene of German ethnicity, who in Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Josip Broz Tito: Encyclopedia Ii - Josip Broz Tito - Aftermath
At the time of his death, speculation began about whether his successors could continue to hold Yugoslavia together. Ethnic divisions and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - The New Left And The Old In Academia
History of socialism - The radicalization of psychoanalysis. On May 31, 1960, Norman O. Brown lectured at Columbia University about “...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - Socialism In China Since The Cultural Revolution
In 1965, Wenyuan wrote a thinly veiled attack on the deputy mayor of Beijing, Wu Han. Over the six months that followed, on behalf of ide...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - Socialism And Communism 1917-39
Image:Leon-trotsky.jpg The aftermath of the First World War produced an upsurge of radicalism in most of Europe and also as far afield as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - Social Democracy To 1917
One of the first modifications of Marx's principles was made in the late 19th century, when many political theorists broke with the Marxi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - Social Democracy 1945-70
As a result of the failure of the Popular Fronts and the inability of Britain and France to conclude a defensive alliance against Hitler,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - The Soviet Union And Eastern Europe 1945-1985
On March 5, 1946, speaking at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., former British prime minister Winston Churchill warned that, "From Stet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - Socialism In China 1945-65
Through the Second World War, the Chinese Communists under the leadership of Mao Zedong and the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - Final Years For The Soviet Union 1985-91
Gorbachev (1931-), who took control in 1985, was the first Soviet leader to have been born after the October revolution. He is remembered...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yugoslavia: Encyclopedia Ii - Yugoslavia - Origins
Probably the first "official" mention of the term Yugoslav (as opposed to simply south Slav) was the forming of the group of advocates of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yugoslavia: Encyclopedia Ii - Yugoslavia - The First Yugoslavia
Main article: Kingdom of Yugoslavia The goals of the Yugoslav Committee were partly reached by the end of the First World War in 1918, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - The Break With China And Self-reliance
Albanian-Chinese relations had stagnated by 1970, and when the Asian superpower began to reemerge from isolation in the early 1970s, Mao ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikita Khrushchev: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikita Khrushchev - Other
Since he spent much time working in Ukraine, Khrushchev produced an impression of being a Ukrainian man. He supported this image, e.g., b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikita Khrushchev: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikita Khrushchev - Legacy
On the positive side, he was admired for his efficiency and for maintaining an economy which, during the 1950s and '60s, had growth rates...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - The Cultural And Ideological Revolution
In the mid-1960s, Albania's leaders grew wary of a threat to their power by a burgeoning bureaucracy. Party discipline had eroded. People...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - Albania And China
Albania played a role in the Sino-Soviet conflict far outweighing either its size or its importance in the communist world. By 1958 Alban...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - Albania And The Soviet Union
Albania became dependent on Soviet aid and know-how after the break with Yugoslavia in 1948. In February 1949, Albania gained membership ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yugoslavia: Encyclopedia Ii - Yugoslavia - Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) was formed on April 28, 1992, and it consisted of the former Socialist Republics of Serbia and M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikita Khrushchev: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikita Khrushchev - Forced Retirement
Khrushchev's rivals in the party deposed him at a Central Committee meeting on October 14, 1964. The removal was largely due to his capri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikita Khrushchev: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikita Khrushchev - Khrushchev's Personality
Khrushchev was regarded by his political enemies in the Soviet Union as a boorish, uncivilized peasant, with a reputation for interruptin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yugoslavia: Encyclopedia Ii - Yugoslavia - Yugoslavia During The Second World War
At 05:15 on April 6, 1941, German, Italian, Hungarian, and Bulgarian forces attacked Yugoslavia. The Luftwaffe bombed Belgrade and other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yugoslavia: Encyclopedia Ii - Yugoslavia - Legacy
The present-day countries created from the former parts of Yugoslavia are: Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Macedonia Serbia and Montenegr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - Transition To Democracy
After Hoxha's death, Alia took his place. He tried to follow his footsteps, but the changes had already started and the fall of communism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikita Khrushchev: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikita Khrushchev - Rise To Power
After Stalin's death in March 1953, there was a power struggle between different factions within the party. Khrushchev prevailed, becomin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikita Khrushchev: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikita Khrushchev - Great Patriotic War
During World War II, Khrushchev served as a political officer with the equivalent rank of Lieutenant General. In the months following the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - Marxism And The Socialist Movement
In Germany, liberalism suffered a terrible defeat in the failed revolution of 1848, and this gave rise to a new strain of socialist thoug...   » Read the article