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Stalinism
refers to the political system under
Joseph Stalin
, including ideology and state administration. A secret history of those days is contained in the Mitrokhin Archives.
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Stalinism involves using strong state leadership and
suppression
of opposition to quickly develop a country.
Lazar Kaganovich
, a Soviet politician, coined the term.
Stalinism existed in the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1956. The Soviet Union was an agricultural country in 1924, but by 1956 it was a powerful industrial country with good living standards. This happened because of the 5-year plans of the government. These plans contained all economic development to happen in the 5 years.
The controversial part of Stalinism is that to do all these things, the government
detained or killed many people
who didn't like the government. A few hundred thousand people were detained or killed.
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