The former Soviet countries used to be examples of state capitalism, but are now mostly private capitalism.
These so-called Communist countries were actually state capitalist, and are now predominantly private capitalist. Communism is a classless stateless society.
Capitalism is the economic system currently replacing Communism in former Soviet countries.
These countries were not Communist, which would mean a classless stateless society. They were state capitalist and are now primarily private capitalist.
Private capitalism has replaced state capitalism.
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After gaining independence from the former Soviet Union, Uzbekistan started the transition to a market economy. Its economy is the 163rd freest out of the 195 countries in the world.
There is no such thing as the "European Economic Union". There used to be a "European Economic Community" and there is the "European Union", as a kind of successor of the former.
The former Soviet Union used a command economic system instead if one based on prices it hoped to create a society in which everyone had the same choice.
A command economy can be referred to as a:planned economy,centrally planned economy,command and control economyA command economy was used in communist countries. Examples are the former Soviet Union, North Korea, the People's Republic of China, and Cuba.
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Capitalism is the economic system currently replacing Communism in former Soviet countries.
Capitalism:an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
Eastern European countries under former Soviet occupation have been making progress in their economies by joining the European Union (EU). In addition to the economic benefits of joining the EU, these countries have gained democratic values in doing so thus moving on from the Soviet occupation that brought communism in these countries.
after world war the US and USSR were becoming economic and military superpowers and many former colonies were getting their independence and the us didnt wnat them to fall to communism and the soviets wanted them to be communism or nationalism
The former USSR, headed by Russia, were communist countries. Most of the outlying territories were taken by force and unwillingly converted to communist governments.
Communism is most closely associated with the former Soviet Union (now Russia) and China. Additionally, countries like Cuba, North Korea, and Vietnam have also adopted communist ideologies to varying extents.
Most countries have been decolonized in the sense that they are no longer under the direct political control of foreign metropoles. However, many former colonies are under the yoke of economic and societal control of their former colonizers.
The threat of communism was spreading through the United States in former countries
The Fall of Communism
Communism as a political or economic philosophy was invented by Karl Marx, but he was not a political leader. The first political leader to create a communist state was Vladimir Ilych Lenin. His version of communism became known as Marxist-Leninism.
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No, English is not spoken in any of the countries of former Yugoslavia.