Title: What Areas Did Communism Spread To? | The Classroom
Headings: What Areas Did Communism Spread To?
What Areas Did Communism Spread To?
Paris Commune
Soviet Union
Eastern Europe
China and East Asia
Africa and Others

Content: Paris Commune
In 1871, communism was almost established in France during the Paris Commune, a communist rebellion that lasted from March until May. The city council of Paris declared Paris independent from the French government and tried to govern the city on the basis of communism. The Commune quickly fell to French forces, and the first attempt at creating a communist state failed. Soviet Union
After its communist revolution, Russia became known as the Soviet Union, which while technically a collective of nations adhering to a similar form of communism was really a way for the Russian communist party to extend its territorial control. The Soviet Union at its height consisted of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Eastern Europe
During the early stages of Cold War, communism quickly spread across Eastern Europe, usually through indirect Russian influence, and sometimes through a direct Russian invasion. Soviet supported communist parties took over in Poland in 1945, Albania and Bulgaria in 1946, Romania in 1947, Czechoslovakia in 1948, East Germany and Hungary in 1949. Though nominally independent, these countries were really satellites of the Soviet Union, and when any tried to break away from the policies of Russian communism they were invaded by the USSR, as happened in Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968. Only Yugoslavia, another European communist country, remained independent in its policies, as its leader Josip Tito had the power and charisma to keep the country outside Soviet influence. China and East Asia
Communist also spread to East Asia, largely through the influence of China, which became a communist country in 1949 under Mao Zedong. Communism spread to North Korea in 1948, which led to the Korean War between them and the U.S. supported South from 1950 to 1953, as well as to North Vietnam in 1945.