Communist nostalgia

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Communist nostalgia, also called communism nostalgia or socialist nostalgia, is the nostalgia in various post-communist states of Central and Eastern Europe and Russia for the prior communist states.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Examples of such nostalgia can be observed in East Germany, Poland, the former Soviet Union, former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania,^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] the Czech Republic, Albania, and Slovakia.^[8] Businesses have commercialized and commodified communist nostalgia in the form of communist chic and other commodities and products reminiscent of the former era.^[8]

Insight

Dominik Bartmanski notes that after the anti-communist revolutions of 1989, the specific perspectives of the development remained unclear for some time, they were expressed in generic terms such as "return to Europe", "to Western values" and the like. This resulted in utopian expectations regarding capitalism and democracy. When confronted with the hardships of the transition, the "post-revolutionary utopianism" produced "post-revolutionary disenchantment".^[3]

According to Kristen R. Ghodsee, a researcher on post-communist Eastern Europe:

"Only by examining how the quotidian aspects of daily life were affected by great social, political and economic changes can we make sense of the desire for this collectively imagined, more egalitarian past. Nobody wants to revive 20th century totalitarianism. But nostalgia for communism has become a common language through which ordinary men and women express disappointment with the shortcomings of parliamentary democracy and neoliberal capitalism today."^[9]

Polling

Albania

A 2016 OSCE survey showed that 42% of Albanians said that communist leader Enver Hoxha had a positive impact, compared to 45% who said he had a negative impact. 35% of Albanians don't view the communist past of Albania as problematic, while 62% view it as at least somewhat problematic.^[10]

Armenia

A 2013 Gallup survey showed that 66% of Armenians thought the dissolution of the USSR was harmful, the highest of any country surveyed, compared to 12% who thought it was beneficial.^[11] A 2016 survey showed that 71% of Armenians believed life was better under the USSR.^[12] Regret about dissolution later increased to 79% according to a 2017 Pew survey, compared to just 15% saying dissolution was a good thing.^[13]

Azerbaijan

A 2013 Gallup survey showed that 31% of Azerbaijanis thought the dissolution of the USSR was harmful, compared to 44% who thought it was beneficial.^[11] In a 2016 survey, 69% of Azerbaijanis believed life was better under the USSR.^[12]

Belarus

A 2013 Gallup survey showed that 38% of Belarusians thought the dissolution of the USSR was harmful, compared to 26% who thought it was beneficial.^[11] In a 2016 survey, it increased to 53% of Belarusians saying life was better under the USSR.^[12] Regret about dissolution later increased again slightly to 54%, compared to 34% saying dissolution was a good thing according to a 2017 Pew survey.^[13]

Bosnia and Herzegovina

In a 2016 Gallup survey, 77% of Bosnians said the breakup of Yugoslavia was harmful, compared to 6% who said it was beneficial.^[14]

Bulgaria

In a 2009 Pew survey, 62% of Bulgarians said life was worse economically nowadays compared to the Warsaw Pact era.^[15] In a 2019 survey, 45% of Bulgarians said that life was better under communist leader Todor Zhivkov, while 22% said life was worse. 74% agree with the popular cliché "They ruined this country".^[16]

Croatia

In a 2016 Gallup survey, 23% of Croatians said the breakup of Yugoslavia was harmful, compared to 55% who said it was beneficial.

Czechia

In a 2009 Pew survey, 39% of Czechs said life was worse nowadays economically compared to the Warsaw Pact era.^[15]

In a 1991 survey, 15% of Czechs said the current regime was "much worse" or "a little worse" compared to the past communist regime, and 71% of Czechs said the current regime was "much better" or "a little better" compared to the past communist regimes. Later in a 2021 survey, 25% of Czechs said the current regime was "much worse" or "a little worse" compared to the past communist regime, and 59% of Czechs said the current regime was "much better" or "a little better" compared to the past communist regime.^[17]

East Germany

In a 2009 survey, 49% of East Germans believed that "The GDR had more good sides than bad sides. There were some problems, but life was good there", while 8% believed that "The GDR had, for the most part, good sides. Life there was happier and better than in reunified Germany today", combining to a total of 57%.^[18]

Estonia

In a 2017 survey, 75% of Estonians said the dissolution of the USSR was a good thing, compared to only 15% who said it was a bad thing.^[19]

Georgia

A 2013 Gallup survey showed that 33% of Georgians thought the dissolution of the USSR was harmful, compared to 37% who thought it was beneficial.^[11] Later, a 2017 survey showed that 47% of Georgians thought the dissolution was a good thing, compared to 38% who thought it was a bad thing.^[20] Another Pew survey, also in 2017, showed that 43% of Georgians thought the dissolution was a good thing, compared to 42% who thought it was a bad thing.^[13]

Hungary

A 2010 Pew poll found that 72% of Hungarians said that most people in their country were worse off economically than they had been under communism. Only 8% said that most people in Hungary were better off, and 16% said that things were about the same. The poll also found that 42% disapproved of the move away from communism.^[21]

However, a 2019 Pew poll found that 70% of Hungarians approved of the shift to a market economy.^[22]

Polls indicate that nostalgia for the Communist János Kádár era remains widespread in Hungary. According to a 2020 poll carried out by Policy Solutions in Hungary, 54 percent of Hungarians believe most people had a better life under Kádár, compared to 31 percent who say life for most people was worse under Kádár.^[23]

Latvia

In a 2017 Pew survey, 30% of Latvians said the dissolution of the USSR was a bad thing, while 53% said it was a good thing.^[24]

Lithuania

In a 2009 Pew survey, 48% of Lithuanians said life was worse economically nowadays compared to the Soviet era.^[15] Later, a 2017 Pew survey showed that 23% of Lithuanians believed the dissolution of the USSR was a bad thing compared to 62% who said it was a good thing.^[13]

Moldova

A 2013 Gallup survey showed that 42% of Moldovans thought the dissolution of the USSR was harmful, compared to 26% who thought it was beneficial.^[11] Regret about dissolution later increased to 70% according to a 2017 Pew survey, with only 18% saying the dissolution was a good thing.^[25]

Montenegro

In a 2016 Gallup survey, 65% of Montenegrins said the breakup of Yugoslavia was harmful, compared to 15% who said it was beneficial.^[14]

North Macedonia

In a 2016 Gallup survey, 12% of Macedonians said the breakup of Yugoslavia was harmful, compared to 61% who said it was beneficial.^[14]

Kazakhstan

In 2005, a survey showed that 49.7% of Kazakhs "strongly agreed or agreed" that the Soviet government responded to the citizens' needs, compared to only 9.1% saying the current Kazakh government responded to citizens' needs.^[26] However, a 2013 Gallup survey showed that 25% of Kazakhs thought the dissolution of the USSR was harmful, compared to 45% who thought it was beneficial.^[11] In a 2016 survey, around 60% of Kazakhs above the age of 35 believed life was better under the USSR.^[12]

Kosovo

In a 2016 Gallup survey, 10% of Kosovans said the breakup of Yugoslavia was harmful, compared to 6% who said it was beneficial.^[14]

Kyrgyzstan

In 2005, a survey showed that 70.3% of Kyrgyz "strongly agreed or agreed" that the Soviet government responded to citizens' needs, compared to only 16.9% saying the same about the current Kyrgyz government.^[26] A 2013 Gallup survey showed that 61% of Kyrgyz thought the dissolution of the USSR was harmful, compared to 16% who thought it was beneficial.^[11]

Poland

A 2009 Pew survey found that 35% of Poles believed life was worse economically nowadays, with 47% of Poles saying life was better economically nowadays, compared to the Warsaw Pact era.^[15]

Romania

A 2014 poll found that 44% of the respondents believed that living conditions had been better under communism. A 2010 poll conducted by the Romanian Institute for Evaluation and Strategy provided similar results. Of the 1,460 respondents, 54% claimed that they had experienced better living standards during communism, while 16% said that they had been worse.^[27]

According to opinion poll held in 2010, 41% of Romanians would have voted for Communist Nicolae Ceaușescu if given the opportunity^[28]^[29] and 63% felt their lives were better before 1989.^[29]^[30]

In 2014, the percentage of those who would vote for Ceaușescu reached 46%.^[31] On 27 December 2018, a poll found 64% of people had a good opinion of him.^[32]

Russia

Polling data from the Levada Center since 1992 shows consistent rates of regret for the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, with the most recent poll in 2021 finding that 63% of Russians regret the dissolution, with only 28% saying they do not regret its dissolution. Regret was lowest in 2012, when only 49% of Russians said they regretted the dissolution. However, this was still higher than the percentage not regretting it of 36%. The most common reasons listed for regret are the end of the unified economic system, and them no longer being citizens of a superpower.^[33]

Polling since the mid-1990s on the preferred political and economic system of Russians also shows nostalgia for the Soviet Union, with the most recent polling in 2021 showing 49% preferring the Soviet political system, compared to 18% preferring the current system, and 16% preferring Western democracy, as well as 62% saying they preferred a system of economic planning compared to 24% preferring a market capitalist economy.^[34]

In a 2020 Levada Center survey, 75% of Russians agreed that the Soviet era was the "greatest time" in the history of Russia.^[35]


Date	Percent Regretting Dissolution of the USSR	Percent Not Regretting Dissolution of the USSR	Source
March 1992	66%	23%	^[33]
March 1993	63%	23%	^[33]
August 1994	66%	19%	^[33]
March 1999	74%	16%	^[33]
December 2000	75%	19%	^[33]
December 2001	72%	21%	^[33]
December 2002	68%	25%	^[33]
December 2004	68%	26%	^[33]
November 2005	65%	25%	^[33]
November 2006	61%	30%	^[33]
November 2007	55%	36%	^[33]
November 2008	60%	30%	^[33]
November 2009	60%	28%	^[33]
November 2010	55%	30%	^[33]
November 2011	53%	32%	^[33]
December 2012	49%	36%	^[33]
December 2013	57%	30%	^[33]
November 2014	54%	28%	^[33]
November 2015	54%	37%	^[33]
March 2016	56%	28%	^[33]
November 2016	56%	28%	^[33]
November 2017	58%	26%	^[33]
November 2018	66%	25%	^[33]
November 2020	65%	26%	^[35]
November 2021	63%	28%	^[33]

Serbia

In a 2016 Gallup survey, 81% of Serbs said the breakup of Yugoslavia was harmful, compared to 4% who said it was beneficial.^[14]

Slovakia

A 2009 Pew survey showed that 48% of Slovaks said life was economically worse nowadays compared to the Warsaw Pact era.^[36] A 2018 poll in Slovakia found that 81% agreed that people helped each other more during communism, were more sympathetic and closer to each other. 79% asserted that people lived in a safer environment during socialism and that violent crimes were less frequent. Another 77% claimed that thanks to the planned economy, there was enough useful work for all and therefore no unemployment. However, the poll also noted that "Most of the respondents did not want to return to the communist-time economy and preferred a market or social market economy, but in the answers to specific questions they favoured a greater role of the state, with guarantees and social certainties".^[37]

In a 1991 survey, 35% of Slovaks said the current regime was "much worse" or "a little worse" compared to the past communist regime, and 43% of Slovaks said the current regime was "much better" or "a little better" compared to the past communist regimes. Later in a 2021 survey, 40% of Slovaks said the current regime was "much worse" or "a little worse" compared to the past communist regime, and 45% of Slovaks said the current regime was "much better" or "a little better" compared to the past communist regime.^[17]

However, a 2019 Pew poll found that 71% of Slovakians approved of the shift to a market economy.^[22]

Slovenia

In a 2014 Gallup survey, 45% of Kosovans said the breakup of Yugoslavia was harmful, compared to 41% who said it was beneficial.^[14]

Tajikistan

A 2013 Gallup survey showed that 52% of Tajiks thought the dissolution of the USSR was harmful, compared to 27% who thought it was beneficial.^[11] By 2016, only 39% of Tajiks had believed life under the USSR was better.^[12]

Turkmenistan

A 2013 Gallup survey showed that only 8% of Turkmen thought the dissolution of the USSR was harmful, the lowest of any country surveyed, compared to 62% who thought it was beneficial.^[11]

Ukraine

In a 2009 Pew survey, 62% of Ukrainians said life was worse economically nowadays compared to the Soviet era.^[15] A 2013 Gallup survey showed that 56% of Ukrainians thought the dissolution of the USSR was harmful, while only 23% thought it was beneficial.^[11] In a 2016 survey, 60% of Ukrainians above the age of 35 said life was better under the USSR.^[12] However, by 2020, a survey from the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology showed that 34% of Ukrainians regretted the dissolution of the USSR, compared to 50% who do not regret it. Regret was highest in Eastern Ukraine where 49% of Ukrainians regretted it compared to 35% who did not, while it was lowest in Western Ukraine where only 15% regretted it compared to 69% who did not.^[38]

Uzbekistan

In 2005, a survey showed that 48.1% of Uzbeks said the Soviet government responded to citizens' needs, compared to 28.1% saying the same about the current government.^[26] However, in 2016, only 4% of Uzbeks believed life was better under the USSR.^[12]

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