Refers to the period when Russia was under communist rule led by the Soviet Union from 1917 until its dissolution in 1991.
Related terms
Cold War: A period of political tension and rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.
Iron Curtain: The metaphorical division in Europe between communist Eastern Bloc countries under Soviet influence and non-communist Western European countries.
Glasnost: Refers to the policy of increased openness and transparency implemented by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s.