. . . . . . . "The term \"Paris Commune\" (French: La Commune de Paris) originally referred to the government of Paris during the French Revolution. However, the term more commonly refers to the socialist government that briefly ruled Paris from 18 March (more formally from 26 March) to 28 May 1871. In a formal sense the Paris Commune of 1871 was simply the local authority (council of a town or district \u2014 French \"commune\") which exercised power in Paris for two months in the spring of 1871. But the conditions in which it was formed, its controversial decrees and tortured end make it one of the more important political episodes of the time."@en . . . . "The term \"Paris Commune\" (French: La Commune de Paris) originally referred to the government of Paris during the French Revolution. However, the term more commonly refers to the socialist government that briefly ruled Paris from 18 March (more formally from 26 March) to 28 May 1871."@en . . . "Paris Commune"@en . . . . .