Communist Monikers
Before Russian Bolsheviks began calling themselves "Communists," by what name did they call themselves?
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As detailed in the Black Book of Communism published by Harvard University Press, "the Russian Social Democrats, better known to history as the Bolsheviks, decided in November 1917 to call themselves 'Communists'." After seizing power, Russian Communists banned freedom of speech "for the foes of socialism" and killed roughly 20 million of their own citizens.
DocumentationBanning of Free SpeechBlack Book of Communism
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