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=== Socialist republics ===
{{See also|People's Republic|Socialist state}}
In the wake of the First World War, the Russian monarchy fell during the [[Russian Revolution]]. The [[Russian Provisional Government]] was established in its place on the lines of a liberal republic, but this was overthrown by the [[Bolsheviks]] who went on to establish the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] (USSR). This was the first republic established under [[Marxist–Leninist]] ideology. Communism was wholly opposed to monarchy and became an important element of many republican movements during the 20th century. The Russian Revolution spread into [[Mongolia]] and overthrew its theocratic monarchy in 1924. In the aftermath of the Second World War, the communists gradually gained control of [[Romania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], [[Hungary]] and [[Albania]], ensuring that the states were reestablished as socialist republics rather than monarchies.

Communism also intermingled with other ideologies. It was embraced by many national liberation movements during [[decolonization]]. In Vietnam, communist republicans pushed aside the [[Nguyễn dynasty]], and monarchies in neighbouring [[Laos]] and [[Cambodia]] were overthrown by communist movements in the 1970s. [[Arab socialism]] contributed to a series of revolts and coups that saw the monarchies of [[Egypt]], Iraq, Libya, and Yemen ousted. In Africa, Marxism–Leninism and [[African socialism]] led to the end of monarchy and the proclamation of republics in states such as [[Burundi]] and [[Ethiopia]].