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Section sizes

Section size for History of communism (38 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	6,652	6,652	479	479
Origins of communism	27	44,123	0	3,476
Communism in antiquity	4,563	4,563	332	332
Developments in Christian communism	13,389	13,389	862	862
Communism during the Enlightenment	8,095	8,095	726	726
Post-French Revolution communism	7,642	7,642	659	659
Marxism	34	10,407	0	897
Karl Marx	6,610	6,610	486	486
Early development of Marxism	3,763	3,763	411	411
Revolutions and world communism (1917-1923)	50	21,504	0	2,115
Russian Revolution, Russian Civil War, and formation of the Soviet Union	12,862	12,862	1,334	1,334
Comintern, Mongolian invasion, and communist uprisings in Europe	3,873	3,873	404	404
Front organisations	3,931	3,931	272	272
Pre-war dissident communists	788	788	105	105
Socialism in One Country and World War II (1924-1945)	59	5,878	0	414
Stalinism	2,239	5,819	264	414
Great Purge	3,580	3,580	150	150
Communist camp and early Cold War (1945–1957)	1,729	14,438	175	1,591
Soviet Union after World War II	2,712	2,712	351	351
Eastern Europe	1,782	3,513	229	393
Hungarian Revolution of 1956	1,731	1,731	164	164
West Germany	1,275	1,275	137	137
China	222	5,209	15	535
Great Leap Forward	3,962	3,962	388	388
Early post-war dissident communists	1,025	1,025	132	132
De-Stalinization, Sino-Soviet split and spread of the Cold War (1958–1979)	124	11,788	0	1,013
Maoism and the Cultural Revolution in China	1,702	1,702	206	206
Cuban Revolution	1,238	1,238	141	141
Prague Spring of 1968	1,302	1,302	90	90
African communism	3,632	3,632	272	272
Eurocommunism	1,361	1,361	146	146
Other forms	2,429	2,429	158	158
End of the Eastern Bloc – Reform and collapse (1980–1992)	7,783	7,783	847	847
Contemporary communism (1993–present)	11,360	11,360	812	812
See also	444	444	0	0
References	406	4,847	0	0
Bibliography	4,441	4,441	0	0
Further reading	4,951	4,951	0	0
Total	133,768	133,768	10,747	10,747

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Inca Empire

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Under the origins of communism, when discussing earlier forms, which have later come to be considered communism, would a mention of the Inca Empire be worth considering? The people of the empire provided the higher-ups with labour, and in turn were provided with free food, clothes, healthcare, and schooling. While not directly contributing to the development of communism, nor stemming from it, a mention of it could still provide insight into how these ideas are not unique to Europe or the west, and have developed on their own independently.

Economy of the Inca Empire Erbeilas (talk) 07:46, 13 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

there are LOTS of reliable secondary sources on the history of communism. Do any of them claim the Inca situation was "communism"?? Rjensen (talk) 07:57, 13 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Why no more than a passing mention of the Paris Commune?

Latest comment: 5 hours ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I would add a more significant section myself, but I feel maybe someone else with better knowledge of it could write a more appropriate one about it. Tomabird (talk) 13:49, 11 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Inca Empire

Why no more than a passing mention of the Paris Commune?