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[[File:Bolivarism.png|link=Bolivarianism]]{{Alias|AnInde.png|Independence Anarchism|Literally [[File:Cball-Spain.png]] Spain! [[File:Cball-Spanish Empire.png]]}}<br>
[[File:Bolivarism.png|link=Bolivarianism]]{{Alias|AnInde.png|Independence Anarchism|Literally [[File:Cball-Spain.png]] Spain! [[File:Cball-Spanish Empire.png]]}}<br>
[[File:Demsocstar.png|link=Democratic Socialism]][[File:ML.png|link=Marxism-Leninism]][[File:Lpop.png|link=Left-Wing Populism]][[File:Putin.png|link=Authoritarian Conservatism#Vladimir Putin]]{{Alias|Plcn2.png|Paleoconservatism|Literally [[File:Cball-NATO.png]] [[Neoconservatism|NATO]]!}}<br>
[[File:Demsocstar.png|link=Democratic Socialism]][[File:ML.png|link=Marxism-Leninism]][[File:Lpop.png|link=Left-Wing Populism]][[File:Putin.png|link=Authoritarian Conservatism#Vladimir Putin]]{{Alias|Plcn2.png|Paleoconservatism|Literally [[File:Cball-NATO.png]] [[Neoconservatism|NATO]]!}}<br>
[[File:Anticommunism.png|link=mh:polcompballanarchy:Anti-Communism]][[File:Necon.png|link=Neoconservatism]]{{Alias|Trot.png|Trotskyism|Literally [[File:SocImp.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|USSR]]!}}<br>
[[File:Anticommunism.png|link=mh:polcompballanarchy:Anti-Communism]][[File:Necon.png|link=Neoconservatism]]{{Alias|Trot.png|Trotskyism|Literally [[File:SocImp.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|USSR]]!}}<br>
[[File:Cball-Ukraine.png|link=Populism]][[File:Cball-Chechen.png|link=Separatism]]{{Alias|Nordmodel.png|Nordic Model|Literally [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia!}}<br>
[[File:Cball-Ukraine.png|link=Populism]][[File:Cball-Chechen.png|link=Separatism]]{{Alias|Nordmodel.png|Nordic Model|Literally [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia!}}<br>
[[File:RussianOpposition.png|link=Anti-Authoritarianism]][[File:Cball-Belarus-old.png|link=Anti-Authoritarianism]][[File:Boric.png|link=Libertarian Socialism]]{{Alias|Necon.png|Neoconservatism|Literally [[File:Putler.png]] Putin!}}
[[File:RussianOpposition.png|link=Anti-Authoritarianism]][[File:Cball-Belarus-old.png|link=Anti-Authoritarianism]][[File:Boric.png|link=Libertarian Socialism]]{{Alias|Necon.png|Neoconservatism|Literally [[File:Putler.png]] Putin!}}
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*[[File:Antisoc.png]] Anti-Socialism
*[[File:Antisoc.png]] Anti-Socialism
*[[File:Authcap.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism]]
*[[File:Authcap.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism]]
*[[File:Authdem.png]] [[Authoritarian Democracy]] (Until 1960s)
*[[File:Authdem.png]] [[Illiberal Democracy|Authoritarian Democracy]] (Until 1960s)
*[[File:Banana_Republicanism.png]] [[Banana Republicanism]]
*[[File:Banana_Republicanism.png]] [[Banana Republicanism]]
*[[File:NatProg.png]] [[Bull Moose Progressivism]]
*[[File:NatProg.png]] [[Bull Moose Progressivism]]
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*[[File:Antisoc.png]] Anti-Socialism
*[[File:Antisoc.png]] Anti-Socialism
*[[File:Authcap.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism]]
*[[File:Authcap.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism]]
*[[File:Authdem.png]] [[Authoritarian Democracy]]
*[[File:Authdem.png]] [[Illiberal Democracy|Authoritarian Democracy]]
*[[File:Church.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism|Churchillism]]
*[[File:Church.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism|Churchillism]]
*[[File:Conmon.png]] [[Constitutional Monarchism]]
*[[File:Conmon.png]] [[Constitutional Monarchism]]
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*[[File:Republicanismpix.png]] [[Republicanism]] (1800s-Now)
*[[File:Republicanismpix.png]] [[Republicanism]] (1800s-Now)
*[[File:Authcap.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism]]
*[[File:Authcap.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism]]
*[[File:Authdem.png]] [[Authoritarian Democracy]]
*[[File:Authdem.png]] [[Illiberal Democracy|Authoritarian Democracy]]
*[[File:LouisXIVBall.png]] [[Absolute Monarchism|Absolutist]] [[Reactionaryism|Bourbonism]] (1500s and 1700s periods)
*[[File:LouisXIVBall.png]] [[Absolute Monarchism|Absolutist]] [[Reactionaryism|Bourbonism]] (1500s and 1700s periods)
*[[File:LouisXVIIIBall.png]] [[Constitutional Monarchism|Constitutionnal]] [[Reactionaryism|Bourbonism]] (Factions)
*[[File:LouisXVIIIBall.png]] [[Constitutional Monarchism|Constitutionnal]] [[Reactionaryism|Bourbonism]] (Factions)
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*[[File:Anti-Semitic.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Semitism}} (1938-1945)
*[[File:Anti-Semitic.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Semitism}} (1938-1945)
*[[File:Anti-Slavism.png]] Anti-Slavic Sentiment
*[[File:Anti-Slavism.png]] Anti-Slavic Sentiment
*[[File:Authdem.png]] [[Authoritarian Democracy]] (Early on)
*[[File:Authdem.png]] [[Illiberal Democracy|Authoritarian Democracy]] (Early on)
*[[File:Caesar.png]] [[Caesarism]]
*[[File:Caesar.png]] [[Caesarism]]
*[[File:Catheo.png]] [[Catholic Theocracy]] (Some)
*[[File:Catheo.png]] [[Catholic Theocracy]] (Some)
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*[[File:Leftnat.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism]] (in the Vassal States, India, Burma, Indonesia, etc.)
*[[File:Leftnat.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism]] (in the Vassal States, India, Burma, Indonesia, etc.)
*[[File:SinophobiaROC.png]] Sinophobia
*[[File:SinophobiaROC.png]] Sinophobia
*[[File:Taishō.png]] [[Authoritarian Democracy|Taishō Democracy]] (1920s)
*[[File:Taishō.png]] [[Illiberal Democracy|Taishō Democracy]] (1920s)
*[[File:Wang Jingwei.png]] [[Tridemism|Wang Jingwei Thought]]
*[[File:Wang Jingwei.png]] [[Tridemism|Wang Jingwei Thought]]
}}
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*[[File:NeoComBall.png]] '''Soviet Social Imperialism''' [[File:SocImp.png]]
*[[File:NeoComBall.png]] '''Soviet Social Imperialism''' [[File:SocImp.png]]
**[[File:AntiNation.png]] Anti-Nationalism
**[[File:AntiNation.png]] Anti-Nationalism
**[[File:Brezhnev.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Brezhnevism]]
**[[File:Brezhnev.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Brezhnevism]]
**[[File:Khrusch.png]] [[Khrushchevism]]
**[[File:Khrusch.png]] [[Khrushchevism]]
**[[File:StalinImp.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Stalinism]]
**[[File:StalinImp.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Stalinism]]
}}
}}
[[File:Cball-Spanish Empire.png]] '''Spanish Imperialism''' {{Collapse|
[[File:Cball-Spanish Empire.png]] '''Spanish Imperialism''' {{Collapse|
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[[File:BlackHundreds.png]] [[Black Hundredism]]<br>
[[File:BlackHundreds.png]] [[Black Hundredism]]<br>
[[File:Bonaparte.png]] [[Bonapartism]]<br>
[[File:Bonaparte.png]] [[Bonapartism]]<br>
[[File:Brezhnev.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Brezhnev Doctrine]]<br>
[[File:Brezhnev.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Brezhnev Doctrine]]<br>
[[File:BritFash.png]] [[British Fascism]]<br>
[[File:BritFash.png]] [[British Fascism]]<br>
[[File:NatProg.png]] [[Bull Moose Progressivism]]<br>
[[File:NatProg.png]] [[Bull Moose Progressivism]]<br>
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*[[File:Cball-GermanEmpire.png]] [[Bismarckism|German Empire]] (1871-1918)
*[[File:Cball-GermanEmpire.png]] [[Bismarckism|German Empire]] (1871-1918)
*[[File:Cball-Belgium.png]] [[Monarcho-Capitalism|Belgian Colonial Empire]] (1908-1962)
*[[File:Cball-Belgium.png]] [[Monarcho-Capitalism|Belgian Colonial Empire]] (1908-1962)
*[[File:Cball-USSR.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Soviet Union]] (1922-1991) (debeatably)
*[[File:Cball-USSR.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Soviet Union]] (1922-1991) (debeatably)
*[[File:Nazi.png]] [[Nazism|Nazi Germany]] (1933-1945)
*[[File:Nazi.png]] [[Nazism|Nazi Germany]] (1933-1945)
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*[[File:Cball-FrenchSecondRepublic.png]] [[Bonapartism|Napoleon III]] (1808-1873) [[File:Cball-France.png]] France
*[[File:Cball-FrenchSecondRepublic.png]] [[Bonapartism|Napoleon III]] (1808-1873) [[File:Cball-France.png]] France
*[[File:Bism.png]] [[Bismarckism|Otto von Bismarck]] (1815-1898) [[File:Cball-Prussia.png]] Prussia
*[[File:Bism.png]] [[Bismarckism|Otto von Bismarck]] (1815-1898) [[File:Cball-Prussia.png]] Prussia
*[[File:Authdem.png]] [[Authoritarian Democracy|Francesco Crispi]] (1818-1901) [[File:CBall-King-Italy.png]] Italy
*[[File:Authdem.png]] [[Illiberal Democracy|Francesco Crispi]] (1818-1901) [[File:CBall-King-Italy.png]] Italy
*[[File:LeopoldII.png]] [[Monarcho-Capitalism|Leopold II]] (1835-1909) [[File:Cball-Belgium.png]] Belgium
*[[File:LeopoldII.png]] [[Monarcho-Capitalism|Leopold II]] (1835-1909) [[File:Cball-Belgium.png]] Belgium
*[[File:Hindenburg.png]] [[Authoritarian Democracy|Paul von Hindenburg]] (1847-1934) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany
*[[File:Hindenburg.png]] [[Illiberal Democracy|Paul von Hindenburg]] (1847-1934) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany
*[[File:Cball-GermanEmpire.png]] [[White Nationalism|Lothar von Trotha]] (1848-1920) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany
*[[File:Cball-GermanEmpire.png]] [[White Nationalism|Lothar von Trotha]] (1848-1920) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany
*[[File:Cball-GermanEmpire.png]] [[Stratocracy|Helmuth von Moltke the Younger]] (1848-1916) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany
*[[File:Cball-GermanEmpire.png]] [[Stratocracy|Helmuth von Moltke the Younger]] (1848-1916) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany
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*[[File:SlovakFashBall.png]] [[Clerical Fascism|Jozef Tiso]] (1887-1947) [[File:Cball-Slovakia.png]] Slovakia
*[[File:SlovakFashBall.png]] [[Clerical Fascism|Jozef Tiso]] (1887-1947) [[File:Cball-Slovakia.png]] Slovakia
*[[File:Ustase.png]] [[Clerical Fascism|Ante Pavelić]] (1889-1959) [[File:Ustase.png]] Croatia
*[[File:Ustase.png]] [[Clerical Fascism|Ante Pavelić]] (1889-1959) [[File:Ustase.png]] Croatia
*[[File:Kosior.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism#Jopesh Stalin|Stanislaw Kosior]] (1889-1939) [[File:Polandball.png]] Poland
*[[File:Kosior.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism#Jopesh Stalin|Stanislaw Kosior]] (1889-1939) [[File:Polandball.png]] Poland
*[[File:Molotov.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Vyacheslav Molotov]] (1890-1986) [[File:Cball-RussianSFSR.png]] Russia
*[[File:Molotov.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Vyacheslav Molotov]] (1890-1986) [[File:Cball-RussianSFSR.png]] Russia
*[[File:NikitaKhrushchev.png]] [[Khrushchevism|Nikita Khrushchev]] (1894-1971) [[File:Cball-USSR.png]] USSR
*[[File:NikitaKhrushchev.png]] [[Khrushchevism|Nikita Khrushchev]] (1894-1971) [[File:Cball-USSR.png]] USSR
*[[File:Hungarist.png]] [[Hungarism|Ferenc Szálasi]] (1897-1946) [[File:Cball-Hungary.png]] Hungary
*[[File:Hungarist.png]] [[Hungarism|Ferenc Szálasi]] (1897-1946) [[File:Cball-Hungary.png]] Hungary
*[[File:Taboritsky.png]] [[Jewish-Nazism|Sergey Taboritsky]] (1897-1980) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
*[[File:Taboritsky.png]] [[Jewish-Nazism|Sergey Taboritsky]] (1897-1980) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
*[[File:Brezhnev.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Leonid Brezhnev]] (1906-1982) [[File:Cball-USSR.png]] USSR
*[[File:Brezhnev.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Leonid Brezhnev]] (1906-1982) [[File:Cball-USSR.png]] USSR
*[[File:Legion.png]] [[Legionarism|Horia Sima]] (1906-1993) [[File:Cball-Romania.png]] Romania
*[[File:Legion.png]] [[Legionarism|Horia Sima]] (1906-1993) [[File:Cball-Romania.png]] Romania
*[[File:Nazcollab.png]] [[Police Statism|Aleksandras Lileikis]] (1907-2000) [[File:Cball-Lithuania.png]] Lithuania
*[[File:Nazcollab.png]] [[Police Statism|Aleksandras Lileikis]] (1907-2000) [[File:Cball-Lithuania.png]] Lithuania
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*[[File:DmitryRogozin.png]] [[Authoritarian Conservatism|Dmitry Rogozin]] (1963-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
*[[File:DmitryRogozin.png]] [[Authoritarian Conservatism|Dmitry Rogozin]] (1963-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
*[[File:Solovyov.png]] [[Mediacracy|Vladimir Solovyov]] (1963-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
*[[File:Solovyov.png]] [[Mediacracy|Vladimir Solovyov]] (1963-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
*[[File:United Russia.png]] [[Authoritarian Democracy|Vladislav Surkov]] (1964-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
*[[File:United Russia.png]] [[Illiberal Democracy|Vladislav Surkov]] (1964-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
*[[File:DmitryMedvedev.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism|Dmitry Medvedev]] (1965-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
*[[File:DmitryMedvedev.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism|Dmitry Medvedev]] (1965-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
*[[File:Peskov.png]] [[Mediacracy|Dmitry Peskov]] (1967-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
*[[File:Peskov.png]] [[Mediacracy|Dmitry Peskov]] (1967-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
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*[[File:YuanShikai.png]] [[Absolute Monarchism|Yuan Shikai]] (1859–1969) [[File:Cball-ChineseEmpire.png]] China
*[[File:YuanShikai.png]] [[Absolute Monarchism|Yuan Shikai]] (1859–1969) [[File:Cball-ChineseEmpire.png]] China
*[[File:Corp.png]] [[Corporatocracy|Robert Hotung]] (1862-1956) [[File:Cball-HK-UK.png]] British Hong Kong
*[[File:Corp.png]] [[Corporatocracy|Robert Hotung]] (1862-1956) [[File:Cball-HK-UK.png]] British Hong Kong
*[[File:Taishō.png]] [[Authoritarian Democracy|Tanaka Giichi]] (1864-1929) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
*[[File:Taishō.png]] [[Illiberal Democracy|Tanaka Giichi]] (1864-1929) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
*[[File:Meiji.png]] [[Constitutional Monarchism|Emperor Meiji]] (1867-1913) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
*[[File:Meiji.png]] [[Constitutional Monarchism|Emperor Meiji]] (1867-1913) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
*[[File:Concordia Association.png]] [[Monarcho-Fascism|Zhang Jinghui]] (1871-1969) [[File:Cball-Manchukuo.png]] Manchukuo
*[[File:Concordia Association.png]] [[Monarcho-Fascism|Zhang Jinghui]] (1871-1969) [[File:Cball-Manchukuo.png]] Manchukuo
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*[[File:Yoshida.png]] [[Neoconservatism|Shigeru Yoshida]] (1878-1967) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
*[[File:Yoshida.png]] [[Neoconservatism|Shigeru Yoshida]] (1878-1967) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
*[[File:Quezon.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism|Manuel L. Quezon]] (1878-1944) [[File:Cball-Philippines.png]] Philippines
*[[File:Quezon.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism|Manuel L. Quezon]] (1878-1944) [[File:Cball-Philippines.png]] Philippines
*[[File:Taishō.png]] [[Authoritarian Democracy|Emperor Taishō]] (1879-1926) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
*[[File:Taishō.png]] [[Illiberal Democracy|Emperor Taishō]] (1879-1926) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
*[[File:JapaneseFascism.png]] [[Showa Statism|Yōsuke Matsuoka]] (1880-1946) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
*[[File:JapaneseFascism.png]] [[Showa Statism|Yōsuke Matsuoka]] (1880-1946) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
*[[File:Hoshino.png]] [[National Capitalism|Naoki Hoshino]] (1882-1978) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
*[[File:Hoshino.png]] [[National Capitalism|Naoki Hoshino]] (1882-1978) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
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On 23 September 1945, with the knowledge of the British commander in Saigon, French forces overthrew the local DRV government and declared French authority restored in Southern Vietnam, and began to gradually retake control of the entire country forcing Ho Chi Minh and his comrades underground. The French tried to stabilize Indochina by reorganizing it as a Federation of Associated States. In 1949, they put former Emperor Bảo Đại back in power, as the ruler of a newly established [[File:Cball-SouthVietnam.png]] State of Vietnam.
On 23 September 1945, with the knowledge of the British commander in Saigon, French forces overthrew the local DRV government and declared French authority restored in Southern Vietnam, and began to gradually retake control of the entire country forcing Ho Chi Minh and his comrades underground. The French tried to stabilize Indochina by reorganizing it as a Federation of Associated States. In 1949, they put former Emperor Bảo Đại back in power, as the ruler of a newly established [[File:Cball-SouthVietnam.png]] State of Vietnam.


The first few years of the war involved a low-level rural insurgency against the French. In 1949 the conflict turned into a conventional war between two armies equipped with modern weapons from other countries. The French were supported by [[File:Cball-US.png]] [[Neoconservatism|the US]] and [[File:Cball-Taiwan.png]] [[Tridemism|the ROC]] [[File:ChiangKaiShek.png]], with an army consisting of troops from their [[File:colonial.png]] colonial empire which included both [[File:Blacknat.png]] African [[File:Bokassa.png]], [[File:PanArab.png]] Arab, and [[File:PanAsian.png]] Asian collaborators. The Viet Minh was supported by [[File:Cball-China.png]] [[Maoism|Communist China]] [[File:Mao.png]] and [[File:Cball-USSR.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|the Soviet Union]].
The first few years of the war involved a low-level rural insurgency against the French. In 1949 the conflict turned into a conventional war between two armies equipped with modern weapons from other countries. The French were supported by [[File:Cball-US.png]] [[Neoconservatism|the US]] and [[File:Cball-Taiwan.png]] [[Tridemism|the ROC]] [[File:ChiangKaiShek.png]], with an army consisting of troops from their [[File:colonial.png]] colonial empire which included both [[File:Blacknat.png]] African [[File:Bokassa.png]], [[File:PanArab.png]] Arab, and [[File:PanAsian.png]] Asian collaborators. The Viet Minh was supported by [[File:Cball-China.png]] [[Maoism|Communist China]] [[File:Mao.png]] and [[File:Cball-USSR.png]] [[marxism–Leninism|the Soviet Union]].


The First Indochina War came to an end following the International Geneva Conference on July 21, 1954, when the new socialist French government and the Việt Minh made an agreement that gave the Việt Minh control of North Vietnam above the 17th parallel. The south continued under Bảo Đại. A year later, Bảo Đại would be deposed by his Prime Minister, [[File:Persondignity.png]] Ngô Đình Diệm, creating [[File:Cball-SouthVietnam.png]] the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).
The First Indochina War came to an end following the International Geneva Conference on July 21, 1954, when the new socialist French government and the Việt Minh made an agreement that gave the Việt Minh control of North Vietnam above the 17th parallel. The south continued under Bảo Đại. A year later, Bảo Đại would be deposed by his Prime Minister, [[File:Persondignity.png]] Ngô Đình Diệm, creating [[File:Cball-SouthVietnam.png]] the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).
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===[[File:Cball-USSR.png]] Soviet Union [[File:Khrusch.png]][[File:NeoComBall.png]][[File:StalinImp.png]][[File:Brezhnev.png]]===
===[[File:Cball-USSR.png]] Soviet Union [[File:Khrusch.png]][[File:NeoComBall.png]][[File:StalinImp.png]][[File:Brezhnev.png]]===
<blockquote>''Main Articles: [[File:Stalin.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Stalinism]], [[File:Khrusch.png]] [[Khrushchevism]], and [[File:Brezhnev.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Brezhnev Doctrine]]''</blockquote>
<blockquote>''Main Articles: [[File:Stalin.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Stalinism]], [[File:Khrusch.png]] [[Khrushchevism]], and [[File:Brezhnev.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Brezhnev Doctrine]]''</blockquote>


The Soviet Union (USSR) has often been accused of being a "great red empire" by spreading imperialism onto Eastern Europe and the rest of the world. The post-war Stalinist foreign policy is characterized by radical expansionism and domination of Eastern Europe. After the allied Triumph in 1945 against the [[w:Axis Powers|Axis Powers]], the Stalinist USSR implemented the policies of domination of Eastern Europe. The forceful imposition of the communist state system and ideology by the Stalinist USSR, as well as the overt emphasis on heavy industry development in Eastern Europe, have similarities to the practice of [[File:Colonial.png]] colonialism. The Eastern European satellites were economically reliant on the USSR and was subjected to the red army’s iron fist rule, and the USSR forced these countries to reject the [[w:Marshall Plan|Marshall Plan]].<ref>[https://rm.coe.int/0900001680799694], RM.COE.Int</ref>
The Soviet Union (USSR) has often been accused of being a "great red empire" by spreading imperialism onto Eastern Europe and the rest of the world. The post-war Stalinist foreign policy is characterized by radical expansionism and domination of Eastern Europe. After the allied Triumph in 1945 against the [[w:Axis Powers|Axis Powers]], the Stalinist USSR implemented the policies of domination of Eastern Europe. The forceful imposition of the communist state system and ideology by the Stalinist USSR, as well as the overt emphasis on heavy industry development in Eastern Europe, have similarities to the practice of [[File:Colonial.png]] colonialism. The Eastern European satellites were economically reliant on the USSR and was subjected to the red army’s iron fist rule, and the USSR forced these countries to reject the [[w:Marshall Plan|Marshall Plan]].<ref>[https://rm.coe.int/0900001680799694], RM.COE.Int</ref>


The [[w:Cominform|Cominform]], for example, was formed to exert direct control over the Soviet satellite states within the [[w:Eastern Bloc|Soviet sphere of influence]] and give the USSR the power to intervene their politics directly.<ref>[https://kipdf.com/the-tito-stalin-split-a-reassessment-in-light-of-new-evidence_5ad1cfbd7f8b9a41758b45ea.html ''"The Tito-Stalin Split: A reassessment in light of new evidence."''], KIPDF.com.</ref> Czechoslovakian Prime Minister [[File:EdvardBenes.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|Edvard Beneš]] was also forced to resign following the threats of red army invasion of the country. Stalin’s successors, including [[File:NikitaKhrushchev.png]] [[Khrushchevism|Nikita Khrushchev]] and [[File:Brezhnev.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Leonid Brezhnev]], albeit being less exploitive than the Stalinist regime, largely continued the policy of violent suppression of [[w:Anti-communist resistance|anti-Soviet uprisings]] through the repression of protests, military invasions and force regime change in these countries.
The [[w:Cominform|Cominform]], for example, was formed to exert direct control over the Soviet satellite states within the [[w:Eastern Bloc|Soviet sphere of influence]] and give the USSR the power to intervene their politics directly.<ref>[https://kipdf.com/the-tito-stalin-split-a-reassessment-in-light-of-new-evidence_5ad1cfbd7f8b9a41758b45ea.html ''"The Tito-Stalin Split: A reassessment in light of new evidence."''], KIPDF.com.</ref> Czechoslovakian Prime Minister [[File:EdvardBenes.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|Edvard Beneš]] was also forced to resign following the threats of red army invasion of the country. Stalin’s successors, including [[File:NikitaKhrushchev.png]] [[Khrushchevism|Nikita Khrushchev]] and [[File:Brezhnev.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Leonid Brezhnev]], albeit being less exploitive than the Stalinist regime, largely continued the policy of violent suppression of [[w:Anti-communist resistance|anti-Soviet uprisings]] through the repression of protests, military invasions and force regime change in these countries.


Another form of accusation by communist states “[[File:SocImp.png]] social imperialism”, originating by [[File:Mao.png]] [[Maoism]] and [[File:Hoxha.png]] [[Hoxhaism]] to describe the USSR´s policy of “Brezhnev Doctrine” pioneered under [[File:Brezhnev.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Leonid Brezhev]]. A common example was when in 1968, Leonid Brezhnev crushed an uprising in [[File:Cball-Czechia.png]] socialist Czechoslovakia, ousting political dissent and political leader [[File:Dubcekism.png]] Alexander Dubcek.
Another form of accusation by communist states “[[File:SocImp.png]] social imperialism”, originating by [[File:Mao.png]] [[Maoism]] and [[File:Hoxha.png]] [[Hoxhaism]] to describe the USSR´s policy of “Brezhnev Doctrine” pioneered under [[File:Brezhnev.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Leonid Brezhev]]. A common example was when in 1968, Leonid Brezhnev crushed an uprising in [[File:Cball-Czechia.png]] socialist Czechoslovakia, ousting political dissent and political leader [[File:Dubcekism.png]] Alexander Dubcek.


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