Worldwide Expansion and Contraction of Communism
Question:
Which parts of the world were enveloped by the expansion of
Communism in the 20th Century?
See below for a list of communist countries by year. You can see how the number of communist countries seemed to grow almost exponentially in only a
few years.
1900:
None
1917:
Russia
1921:
Russia, Mongolia
1925:
Russia, Mongolia
1930:
Russia, Mongolia
1935:
Russia, Mongolia
1940:
Russia, Mongolia
1945:
Russia, Mongolia, Yugoslavia, East Germany
1947:
Russia, Mongolia, North Korea, Ukraine, Lithuani
a, Poland, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria,
Romania, Albania (Many of these countries would be absorbed into the USSR.)
1949:
Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea, Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland, Yugoslavia,
Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslova
kia
1954:
Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea, North Vietnam, Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland,
Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Hungary, East Germany,
Czechoslovakia
1959:
Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea, Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland, Yugoslavia,
Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia
1967:
Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea, North Vietnam, Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland,
Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Hungary, East Germany,
Czechoslovakia, Yemen
1970:
Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea, North Vietnam, Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland,
Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Hungary, East Germany,
Czechoslovakia, Yemen, Cuba, Congo