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Why do we have 2 pages for the Soviet Union?--[[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 16:58, 19 March 2007 (EDT) ==Successor State(s)==[[User talk:Thjazi|Thjazi]] and I have differing opinions on which nation(s) should be viewed as successor states to the USSR. Would it just be Russia, or all 14-odd nations in the CIS? [[User:GodlessLiberal|GodlessLiberal]] 20:46, 4 April 2007 (EDT) ==Socialist State== Communist state is an oxymoron, and even the formal name is "Union of Soviet ''Socialist'' Republics". Stop changing this back. [[User:Thjazi|Thjazi]] 22:31, 19 April 2007 (EDT):I would think the Soviet Union was a communist state. The fact that it was called socialist is irrelevant to the discussion, otherwise all states with the epithet 'democratic' should be considered to be democratic, which is of course a rather ludicrous statement. [[User:Arctic Nation|Arctic Nation]] 12:19, 9 May 2007 (EDT) :I am in complete agreement with Arctic Nation. What's in a name anyway? Truth of the matter is, the USSR was much, much more extreme than all of the nations in existence that are closer to real Socialism (like most of Scandanavia), so to say it was simply socialism is a bit naive and academically irresponsible. [[User:Jros83|Jros83]] 01:04, 25 June 2007 (EDT) One must make the distinction between social democracy and pure socialism. Countries like Sweden are social democracies, employing elements of socialism but not all of them. It's a contradiction to call the Soviet Union a 'communist state' since communism can only exist worldwide. Calling the Soviet Union 'communist' goes strictly against the way the word 'communism' is defined. Just because a country is ruled by a Communist Party does not make the country communist. Communist Parties work towards communism. Never do they themselves claim their countries to be 'communist countries' or 'communist states'. [[User:Thjazi|Thjazi]] 15:09, 28 June 2007 (EDT) Well it's common knowledge the USSR was not pure communism anyway, but it was far, far closer along that track from "plain ol'" socialism... [[User:Jros83|Jros83]] 19:14, 28 June 2007 (EDT) ==Nazi connection?==hey why is Nazi Germany in the see also section? those countries were polar opposites and hated each other. [[User:Gailim|Gailim]] 17:25, 23 February 2008 (EST) The fact that the USSR with the help of the allies defeated Nazi Germany means that they shared an important history together. It only makes sense to include it in the section. -[[User:Abanamat|Abanamat]] 12:49, 17 March 2009 (EST)  Why do we have 2 pagesfor the soviet union?--[[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 16:58, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

 :: Inserted redirect to other page (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), since that page has the offical name of the soviet union [[User:GodlessLiberal|GodlessLiberal]] 22:49, 23 March 2007 (EDT)