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<div style="font-size:93%; font-family:Garamond;">[[File:Foundations of Leninism.jpg|frameless|left|220x300px]]<br>'''Marxism–Leninism''' is a [[Communism (ideology)|communist]] tendency developed by [[Joseph Stalin]] as a continuation of [[Leninism|Leninist]] theory. Its creation came about during a period when competing factions within the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet]] leadership attempted to establish their legitimacy as [[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin's]] political successors following his death. Soviet leaders such as [[Leon Trotsky]], [[Grigory Zinoviev]], and Joseph Stalin wrote works developing the concept of a specifically Leninist ideology. Stalin coined the term to describe an ideology which considers Lenin's political thought to be a necessary development of [[Marxism]], and made the term popular through his 1938 work ''[[The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks)]]''.<br><br>  
<div style="font-size:93%; font-family:Garamond;">[[File:Tank T-54 in Verkhnyaya Pyshma.jpg|frameless|left|420x350px]]<br>The word '''''tankie''''' is a pejorative or self-descriptive term which can have several meanings. First used within sections of the [[Cold War]] [[Leftism|left]] to decry support for [[USSR|Soviet]] interventions in [[Warsaw Pact]] countries, the term was later resurrected by [[Online Left|internet leftists]] and broadened in scope to include [[Historical revisionism|historical revisionists]] concerned with any [[socialist state]]. Because of their opposition to liberal historical narratives and longtime association with the [[Soviet Union]], [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninists]] were often labelled ''tankies''; the persistent use of the term in this sense has given rise to neutral or even positive connotations, and modern leftists may use the two interchangeably.<br><br>  


It was the official ideology of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet Union]] and other [[Socialist state|socialist states]]. After the success of the [[October Revolution|Russian revolution]] in 1917 and the establishment of the Soviet Union in 1922, many [[Communist party|communist parties]] around the world began to adopt Marxism–Leninism as their political line, and Marxism–Leninism was the main theoretical framework which guided multiple proletarian revolutions across the globe during the 20th century. Marxism–Leninism continues to be followed by a large portion of the international workers' movement, and is upheld by many communist parties to this day.<br></div><br><div style="text-align: center;">[[:Category:Featured articles|''other featured articles...'']]</div><div style="text-align: right; font-family: Garamond;">[[Marxism–Leninism|''read more...'']]</div>
Starting in the 2010s (or possibly earlier), left-adjacent [[liberal]]s such as [[progressive]]s and [[radlib]]s, either by deliberate innovation or as the result of a misconception (e.g., that only a tankie could hold such positions), began to use the term against critics of Western narratives concerning the [[Syrian Civil War]], [[North Korea]], and the [[Ukraine|2014 Ukraine conflict]], among other topics. This usage is unequivocally negative and has achieved widespread currency online, even among [[centrist]]s and [[Rightism|rightists]]. The term is now a favorite of establishment media figures (including "blue-checks"), who have in recent years taken to several mainstream outlets to criticize specific ideas or figures which they believe are part of a rising tide of tankie influence. The use of the word almost always implies support for [[authoritarianism]].<br></div><br><div style="text-align: center;">[[:Category:Featured articles|''other featured articles...'']]</div><div style="text-align: right; font-family: Garamond;">[[Tankie|''read more...'']]</div>
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The word tankie is a pejorative or self-descriptive term which can have several meanings. First used within sections of the Cold War left to decry support for Soviet interventions in Warsaw Pact countries, the term was later resurrected by internet leftists and broadened in scope to include historical revisionists concerned with any socialist state. Because of their opposition to liberal historical narratives and longtime association with the Soviet Union, Marxist–Leninists were often labelled tankies; the persistent use of the term in this sense has given rise to neutral or even positive connotations, and modern leftists may use the two interchangeably.

Starting in the 2010s (or possibly earlier), left-adjacent liberals such as progressives and radlibs, either by deliberate innovation or as the result of a misconception (e.g., that only a tankie could hold such positions), began to use the term against critics of Western narratives concerning the Syrian Civil War, North Korea, and the 2014 Ukraine conflict, among other topics. This usage is unequivocally negative and has achieved widespread currency online, even among centrists and rightists. The term is now a favorite of establishment media figures (including "blue-checks"), who have in recent years taken to several mainstream outlets to criticize specific ideas or figures which they believe are part of a rising tide of tankie influence. The use of the word almost always implies support for authoritarianism.