Originally published in 1946, this Library of Congress study was written to explain to the lay reader briefly and in simple terms how communism operated in the Soviet Union. It does not pretend to be an analysis of the theory of communism. Neither is it an appraisal of communism. It is primarily a description of the operation of the economic, political, and social institutions of the Soviet Union in recent years. Communism has proved to be like democracy in at least one respect; it has expressed itself in many and varied ways. No attempt is made, however, to trace its entire evolution in the U.S.S.R. The dates of the more significant developments are noted in the chronological chart.
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