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communism

[kom-yuh-niz-uhm] / ˈkɒm jəˌnɪz əm /


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During communism, all land in Albania was collectivized.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Saxony-Anhalt is Germany's poorest region and there, as in much of east Germany, you often encounter what's known as "Ostalgie" amongst voters; essentially "nostalgia in the east" for comparatively more stable times under communism.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

His fanaticism, and his late-career defense of communism after the Soviet collapse in 1991, were nothing if not eccentric.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

But the German-Russian carve-up of Poland in September 1939 exposed the Jews’ precarious place between fascism and communism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

In Moscow, Stalin's successor, Nikita Khrushchev, spoke with equal conviction about the advantages of communism and the Soviet system.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau


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