Technically Russia, the Soviet Union was formed shortly after so most recognize The Soviet Union (there is a big different, Russia usually implies the country itself, the Soviet Union was a union of Russia, the baltics, central Asian countries, Georgia and neighborhing countries, and some of the slavic nations)
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The first elected communist government of the world was sworn in 1945 in the Republic of San Marino. Till 1957 they won elections repeatedly and again from 2006 to 2008. San Marino is surrounded by Italy and the micro-nation's area is only 61 sq.km. Population 30,000.
World's second elected communist government was in the southern Indian state of Kerala in 1957 - good 12 years after San Marino did it.
-Rajaram Menon, Mumbai
Although there were many communist societies in the world from the early Greeks forward where all goods were held in common, the modern communist (Marxist) states are a product of the 20th century. The first wasi in Russia following the 1917 October Revolution when the Bolshevik Party seized state power.
There can be no such thing as a Communist country or a Communist government. Communism means the abolition of the wages system and establishment of a classless stateless society. It will have to exist on a global level.
Boris Jeltsin.
Communism has no government, as it has no classes, no money, no coutries.
The president is the highest elected official in our government. Currently the highest elected president is Barack Obama. He is the first black elected president in the United States.
no, Cuba has a communist government
The communist government of China patterned their country's development after Russia. The Chinese Communist party began its rule in 1949.