Soviet patriotism

[citation needed] Nationalities deemed "unreliable" were persecuted, and there were widespread deadly deportations during the Second World War.

[4] Nikita Khrushchev moved the Soviet government's policies away from Stalin's reliance on Russian nationalism.

[6] Mikhail Gorbachev presented himself as a Soviet patriot dedicated to address the country's economic and political challenges, but he was unable to restrain the rising regional and sectarian ethnic nationalism, with the USSR breaking up in 1991.

[3] In modern day Russia, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is often said to follow the ideology of Soviet patriotism.

[8] In many post-Soviet states such as Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Kazakhstan and others, there exists nostalgia for the Soviet Union, primarily among the older generation of people.

Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , a common Soviet patriotic symbol.
Military parade on the October Revolution Day in Moscow in 1977.
Anniversary of October Revolution in Riga , Latvia, Soviet Union in 1988.
Member of the Armed Forces of Belarus pays tribute on Victory Day in 2014 under the cloak of the Soviet flag .
People in Saint Petersburg at the Immortal Regiment , carrying portraits of their ancestors who fought in the Great Patriotic War .