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What was the name of the new Communist nation in Russia called?
When Russia went communist following the Bolshevik Revolution, it became known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR or Soviet Union). Russia is now an Illiberal Democracy as opposed to a Communist Dictatorship. Most former Soviet States sit on the continuum from Illiberal Democracy and Dictatorship, but none are Communist anymore.
Why is a republic a democracy?
Democracy means "rule by the people". Republic means "rule by elected officials". Since the officials in a republic are elected, it is a form of democracy. Not all democracies are republics (direct democracy is not), and not all "republics" are actually democracies ("Islamic republics", for example). The United States is a republic and representational democracy.
What did Russia and its neighboring republics become known as after they became communist?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.)
Is a republic is also a democracy?
Not, not all republics are democracies.
How is democracy and republic the same?
They are not the same A Republic is operated under democratic principles, but Republics are not a democracy.
What type of government does most of Latin America have?
Most of them are republics. Some are federal republics, some are centralized republics; there is one communist regime in Latin America (Cuba).
In 1991 what split into 15 independent republics when its communist government lost power?
The SOVIET UNION split into fifteen republics in 1991 when the Communist government in Moscow was unable to hold onto power.
Would republic be democracy or monarchy or communism?
Republics are normally democratic.
What form of government is practiced by former Soviet republics?
Parlimentary democracy
What was russia called when it was controlled by a communist goverpnment?
USSR - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
What is it called when a state is ruled by its citizens?
A republic is a political system which is not ruled by an emperor, a king or aristocrats (such as princes or dukes). That is all that is required to define a political system as a republic. A republic can have all sorts of regimes: democracy, authoritarianism, dictatorship and totalitarianism. Many authoritarian rulers were in charge of republics. Dictators such as Marcus (Philippines) Mubarak (Egypt) and many military dictatorships (such as those in Chile and Argentina) were in charge of republics. Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia were republics. Communist China and North Korea are republics.
What started a series of independence movement in the Yugoslavian republics beginning in the early 1990s?
Communist party
