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This article focuses on the differences between the communism in Yugoslavia and communism in the countries that were controlled by the Soviet Union in the 20th century. Several topics are discussed, such as how the regime of the Yugoslavian communist dictator Josip Broz Tito combined the Bolshevik political doctrine with direct democracy and socialism; how Tito's regime utilized anti-fascism, anti-Stalinism, and a peaceful foreign policy to become a more legitimate governing body; and how Tito's regime fought against bureaucracy while the politicians in the Soviet Union-controlled countries turned the bourgeoisie into the main enemy in their countries. Also mentioned is how the Yugoslavian social policy of self-governance helped to boost the country's industries in the 1970s.