Capitalism and Democracy
parliamentary democracy
totalitarianism
The Soviet Union was the center of communism. When it fell other communist countries either adopted democracy or free-market reforms.
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.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Parlimentary democracy
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Estonia is a democracy. It was a communist country when it was a part of the soviet union.
parliamentary democracy
Capitalism and Democracy
Former communist hardliners have challenged the democratically elected people in former Soviet republics by stating that democracy has not worked. For the most part, their statements are having little effect.
the soviet union collapsed in 1991. Russia had Communism until a few years ago, now there a mix of democracy and socialism
The Soviet Union would not allow democracy in Eastern Europe.
totalitarianism
Mikhail Gorbachev
The Soviet Union was the center of communism. When it fell other communist countries either adopted democracy or free-market reforms.