If I am not mistaken the communists in Russia's past have killed some 60 million people and the communists in China under Mao have killed some 65 million Chinese. They not only steal your freedom and happiness but they kill you also. One wonders why anyone would like to be a communists since they don't like themselves.
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Yes, you are mistaken.
The Bohlsheviks used the rhetoric of the communists to gain power, then they eliminated any competition to their staying in power.
The western media picked up their claim of being communist in order to poison the well.
Here is a report from Russia during the period from a lady who would know her definitions much better than anyone educated after the Nazi's won wwii:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/emma-goldman-there-is-no-communism-in-russia