Communism started when the USSR was founded, and Marx came to power. The political idea spread exponentially during WWII to Western Europe and the countries that fell to the Nazis. After the War ended, It dissolved as quickly as it arrived, for Europe. A few asian countries, however, stayed communist. Communism ended in the USSR when it was dissolved after the Cold War. The cause was not the war itself, but Mikhail Gorbachev wanting to modernize Russia's economy. Russia's most well known ally in the Cold War, to the United States, was Cuba. Cuba became communist when Che Guevara and Fidel Castro overthrew the old government. Cuba was well known for having missiles, and they are within 100 miles of the United States.
The Asian countries, who kept communism, even after the Vietnam War and The Korean War. The five remaining countries that are still communist today are; Laos, China, North Korea, Vietnam, and Cuba. In the first link provided, there is a visual timeline that shows the spread and disintegration of communism in the 20th country.
There are several key points that the countries share. The first is that there flag has a star, or has some red in it. Also, during times of war, they will support each other. The extreme nature of most of the communist "iron curtain" has faded, and the countries are more modern and flexible with working with democratic countries.
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