Thread: Communism: Do Russians think the USSR was communist?

Originally Posted by Chemist12

I am not asking about the Soviet definition, I am asking about the Russian peoples understanding of communism and socialism in general.

Originally Posted by RedFox

The sentence "The USSR is a communist country" can have 2 meanings:
1. Western: There is communism in the USSR.
2. Soviet: They develop communism in the USSR.

I don't think soviet people could describe the USSR as a communist country in the western sense. They were teached that communism is the future, not the present.

Are you able to read?