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The Bolshevik Revolution, which took place in Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century, played a decisive role on World politics in the century it was in and the political and socio-cultural structure of the Eurasia in the following century. In the World political history, just as colonialism was a factor that determined on political boundaries, economic relations and socio-cultural structures, the Soviet Union was at least as effective for Eurasia. In this article, the answer is sought whether the Soviet Union is a colonialist empire in the axis of colonialism and post-colonialism studies. In term of colonialism studies, it is controversial whether even the Tsar of Russia is a colonialist empire, how should an answer be sought to the question of whether the Soviet Union is a colonialist structure?In the article, starting from the definition of colonialism in colonialism studies, the goals, discourses, means of the Soviet Union and the resulting sitution and structure were evaluated. The article examines the Soviet Union through identity politics, assimilation of local identities and Russification politics rather than economic and administrative structure. The Soviet Union was generally left out of the question in both Colonialism and Post-colonialism studies. Although it has differences that require it to be excluded from the Colonialism studies, it also has enough similar features to require the Soviet Union to be evaluated within Colonialism studies.

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