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Did Stalin believe Israel would go communist?
In Anne Applebaum's recent book Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956 she claims the USSR supported the new state of Israel and states "Stalin believed Israel would quickly join the ...
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What aspects of Soviet life were not controlled by Stalin?
Stalinism controlled social life through propaganda, political life through the use of political crime and the politicization of life and the workers life, with proletarianism dominating all aspects ...
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Was it Stalin behind the idea of universal elections in the USSR?
Recently I have read an article that claimed that Stalin wanted to introduce competitive, alternative elections in the USSR while the regional secretaries were strongly against the idea and pushed for ...
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Why was Stalin so opposed to genetics?
He violently persecuted genetics. Why?
Here is one notable example:
Vavilov repeatedly criticised the non-Mendelian concepts of Trofim
Lysenko, who won the support of Joseph Stalin. As a ...
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How many people were affected by the Golodomor [Famine-Genocide in Ukraine]
How many people were affected during the famine? Are there any sources for Soviet records on the Golodomor?
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How easy one could start an artel in USSR after WW2 1945-1956?
During 1956-1960 all artels (cooperative enterprises) were nationalized in USSR. It was a large amount of artels.
How easy was it to organize an artel before that, in the post-war period of ...
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Timing of Trotsky's Assassination
Stalin's arch rival Trotsky was exiled, but why did Stalin wait until later before sending assassins to finish him off?
