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    from the establishment of Stalinism through victory in the Second World War and down to the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953. Stalin sought to destroy his enemies...
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  • Neo-Stalinism is the promotion of positive views of Joseph Stalin's role in history, the partial re-establishing of Stalin's policies on certain or all...
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    Joseph Stalin's cult of personality became a prominent feature of Soviet popular culture. Historian Archie Brown sets the celebration of Stalin's 50th birthday...
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    implemented in the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1927 to 1953 by dictator Joseph Stalin. Stalin had previously made a career as a gangster and robber, working to fund...
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    Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin (/stɑːlɪn, -lin/, Tamil pronunciation: ['mut̪ːuʋeːl kaɾuˈɳaːniði sʈaːˈlin] , born 1 March 1953) is an Indian politician serving...
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    Yezhovshchina (Ежовщина, 'period of Yezhov'), was Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin's campaign to consolidate power over the Communist Party of the Soviet Union...
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    Joseph Stalin started his career as a radical student, becoming a robber, gangster as well as an influential member and eventually the leader of the Bolshevik...
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  • The Death of Stalin is a 2017 political satire black comedy film written and directed by Armando Iannucci and co-written by David Schneider and Ian Martin...
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    Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; 18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet revolutionary and...
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    Vasily Iosifovich Stalin Dzhugashvili (Georgian: ვასილი იოსების ძე სტალინი ჯუღაშვილი, Russian: Василий Иосифович Сталин Джугашвили; 21 March 1921 – 19...
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    Joseph Stalin, second leader of the Soviet Union, died on 5 March 1953 at his Kuntsevo Dacha after suffering a stroke, at age 74. He was given a state...
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    Khrushchyovka. Stalinist architecture does not equate to everything built during Stalin's era. It relied on labor-intensive and time-consuming masonry, and could not...
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    its Soviet-era characteristics. The museum has three sections, all located in the town's central square. It was officially dedicated to Stalin in 1957....
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  • Moscow trials (category Stalinism)
    Stalin era outside these trials. The Moscow trials led to the execution of many of the defendants. The trials are generally seen as part of Stalin's Great...
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    agricultural sector between 1928 and 1940 during the ascension of Joseph Stalin. It began during and was part of the first five-year plan. The policy aimed...
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  • De-Stalinization (category Stalinism)
    "overcoming/exposure of the cult of personality", with a heavy criticism of Joseph Stalin's "era of the cult of personality". However, prior to Khrushchev's "Secret...
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    on the subject. Stalin countered, stating that Engels' writings 'reflected' "the era of pre-monopoly capitalism, the pre-imperialist era when there were...
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    1932–1933 are sometimes, though not always, included with the victims of the Stalin era. According to official Soviet estimates, more than 14 million people passed...
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  • Red fascism (category Stalinism)
    equating Stalinism and other variants of Marxism–Leninism with fascism. Accusations that the leaders of the Soviet Union during the Stalin era acted as...
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  • The Stalin Society is a British discussion group for individuals who see Joseph Stalin as a great Marxist–Leninist and wish to preserve his legacy. The...
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    Soviet people: changing values in post-Stalin Russia (Oxford UP, 1989). Taubman, William. Khrushchev: the man and his era (2003). Taubman, William. Gorbachev...
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    March] 1907 – 14 April 1943) was the eldest son of Joseph Stalin, the only child of Stalin's first wife, Kato Svanidze, who died nine months after his...
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    of Joseph Stalin. She was born in Baku to a friend of Stalin, a fellow revolutionary, and was raised in Saint Petersburg. Having known Stalin from a young...
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    The early life of Joseph Stalin covers the period from Stalin's birth, on 18 December 1878 (6 December according to the Old Style), until the October Revolution...
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  • Great Break (USSR) (category Stalinism)
    Revolution. David R. Marples argues that the era of the Great Break lasted until 1934.: 102  Up to 1928, Stalin supported the New Economic Policy implemented...
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    possible after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953. First Secretary Khrushchev denounced former General Secretary Stalin in the "Secret Speech" at the 20th...
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    The Stalin Monument (Hungarian: Sztálin szobor) was a statue of Joseph Stalin in Budapest, Hungary. Completed in December 1951 as a "gift to Joseph Stalin...
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  • Joseph Stalin was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. In the years...
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  • Everyday Stalinism or Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s is a book by Australian academic Sheila Fitzpatrick...
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  • The accusation that Joseph Stalin was antisemitic is much discussed by historians. Although part of a movement that included Jews and rejected antisemitism...
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