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Stalinism  

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  • Stalinism refers primarily to the set of policies adopted in the Soviet Union during the leadership of Joseph Stalin (1929–1953). While helping to modernize the country, Stalinism also included political terror and repression, which resulted in millions of deaths and the creation of a totalitarian state. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Stalinism]

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