Communist nostalgia, also called communism nostalgia or socialist nostalgia, is the nostalgia in various post-communist states of Central and Eastern Europe and Russia for the prior communist states.
Protest against Ukrainian decommunization policies in Donetsk, 2014. The red banner reads, "Our homeland USSR".
Soviet and GDR Memorabilia for sale in Berlin in 2006
Yugoslav symbols during a carnival in Ptuj, Slovenia, in 2013
In German culture, Ostalgie is nostalgia for aspects of life in Communist East Germany. It is a portmanteau of the German words Ost (east) and Nostalgie (nostalgia). Its anglicised equivalent, ostalgia, is also sometimes used. Another term for the phenomenon is GDR nostalgia.
GDR T-shirts, for sale in Berlin in 2004
Soviet and GDR Memorabilia for sale in Berlin in 2006
Jägerschnitzel, a popular East German cuisine item
East German Trabant car at a car park in Hungary, May 2015.