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Socialist parties

(Encyclopedia)Socialist parties in European history, political organizations formed in European countries to achieve the goals of socialism. The French Socialist party, known as the SFIO from its official name ...

Socialist party

(Encyclopedia)Socialist party, in U.S. history, political party formed to promote public control of the means of production and distribution. In 1898 the Social Democratic party was formed by a group led by Eugene ...

socialist realism

(Encyclopedia)socialist realism, Soviet artistic and literary doctrine. The role of literature and art in Soviet society was redefined in 1932 when the newly created Union of Soviet Writers proclaimed socialist rea...

Socialist Labor party

(Encyclopedia)Socialist Labor party, in the United States, begun in 1877 by New York City socialists. Its membership came largely from German-American workingmen. During the 1880s a national organization was establ...

Socialist Revolutionary party

(Encyclopedia)Socialist Revolutionary party, in Russian history, an agrarian party founded by various Populist groups in 1901. Its program, adopted in 1906, called for the overthrow of the autocracy, the establishm...

Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic or Moldavia: see Moldova. ...

Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic or Kirghizia: see Kyrgyzstan. ...

Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic or Tadzhikistan: see Tajikistan. ...

Mordvinian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Mordvinian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Mordovia, Russia. ...

Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Komi Republic. ...