Anti-Sovietism and Anti-Soviet refer to persons and activities actually or allegedly aimed against the Soviet Union or the Soviet power within the Soviet Union. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia.
Three different flavors of the usage of the term may be distinguished.
- Anti-Sovietism in the international politics, such as American opposition to the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the
- Anti-Soviet opponents of Bolsheviks shortly after the Russian Revolution and during the Russian Civil War. The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists ( Большевик Большевист (singular, derived from bolshe, "more" were a faction The October Revolution (Октябрьская революция Oktyabrskaya revolyutsiya) also known as the Soviet Revolution The Russian Civil War (1917–1923 was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed
- As applied to Soviet citizens involved or allegedly involved in anti-Soviet activities.
Soviet Union
In the USSR, the epithet "antisoviet" was synonymous with "counterrevolutionary". An epithet (from Greek ἐπίθετον - epitheton, neut of ἐπίθετος - epithetos, "attributed added" is a This article deals with the general meaning of the term "synonym" A counter-revolutionary is anyone who opposes a Revolution, particularly those who act after a revolution to try to overturn or reverse it in full or in part The noun "antisovietism" was rarely used and the noun "antisovietist" (Russian: антисоветчик, antisovetchik) was used in a derogatory sense. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
During the Russian Civil War that followed the October Revolution of 1917, the anti-Soviet side was the White movement. The Russian Civil War (1917–1923 was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed The October Revolution (Октябрьская революция Oktyabrskaya revolyutsiya) also known as the Soviet Revolution Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The White movement (Beloie Dvijenie Белое движение whose military arm is known as the White Army (Belaia Armia Белая Армия or White Guard
Whole categories of people, such as clergy, kulaks, former Imperial Russian police, etc. Kulaks ( Russian: кула́к kulak " Fist ", by extension "tight-fisted" were a category of rich Peasants in later The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya were automatically considered anti-Soviet. More categories are listed in the article "Enemy of the people". The term enemy of the people is a fluid designation of political or class opponents of the group using the term
Being anti-Soviet was a criminal offense in the Soviet Union. Anti-Soviet agitation and activities were political crimes handled by the Article 58 of the RSFSR penal code and similar articles in other Soviet republics. Anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda (ASA (Антисоветская агитация и пропаганда (АСА was a Criminal offence in Soviet Union. In Criminology, a political Crime is one involving overt acts or omissions (where there is a duty to act which prejudice the interests of the State Article 58 of the Russian SFSR Penal Code was put in force on February 25, 1927 to arrest those suspected of counter-revolutionary activities The Republics of the Soviet Union were according to the Article 76 of the 1977 Soviet Constitution, Sovereign Soviet Socialist states that had united with other
See also
- Anti-communism
- Criticisms of Communist party rule
- Anti-Stalinist left
- Category:Soviet dissidents
- Category:Political repression in the Soviet Union
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Anti-communism refers to opposition to Communism. Historically the word "communism" has been used to refer to several types of communal social organization and This article only discusses criticisms that are specific to Communist states and not necessarily to other forms of socialism The term anti- Stalinist left refers to elements of the political left which have been critical of the policies of Joseph Stalin and of the PoliticalDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic