Stalinism is a term that refers to the political system and ideology of the Soviet Union while under the leadership of Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union from 1928–1953. The term implies an inherently oppressive system of extensive government spying, extrajudicial punishment, and political "purging", or elimination of political opponents either by direct killing or through exile, and it involves a state making extensive use of propaganda t...
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Stalinism is a term that refers to the political system and ideology of the Soviet Union while under the leadership of Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union from 1928–1953. The term implies an inherently oppressive system of extensive government spying, extrajudicial punishment, and political "purging", or elimination of political opponents either by direct killing or through exile, and it involves a state making extensive use of propaganda to establish a personality cult around an absolute dictator to maintain control over the nation's people and to maintain political control for the Communist Party. The term was originally coined in a positive sense by Lazar Kaganovich, but nonetheless rejected by Stalin himself.
The term "Stalinism" is almost never used as a positive term. Those who subscribe to the ideas of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao almost never describe themselves as Stalinists; they see the term as not only disparaging but also indicative of an erroneous certainty...
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