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Stalinism noun, politics the political, economic and social principles and practices of Lenin's successor, especially his ruthless determination to transform the former USSR's economy from a poor agricultural one into a sophisticated industrialized one at any cost, that culminated in the country becoming a virtual dictatorship ruled by a monolithic government. Stalinist noun, adj. Compare Leninism, Marxism.
ETYMOLOGY: 1920s: named after Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (1879-1953) who changed his name to Stalin, meaning 'man of steel', in 1913, and who, after expelling Trotsky from the communist party in 1929, ruled Russia until his death.
Stalinism noun, politics the political, economic and social principles and practices of Lenin's successor, especially his ruthless determination to transform the former USSR's economy from a poor agricultural one into a sophisticated industrialized one at any cost, that culminated in the country becoming a virtual dictatorship ruled by a monolithic government. Stalinist noun, adj. Compare Leninism, Marxism.
ETYMOLOGY: 1920s: named after Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (1879-1953) who changed his name to Stalin, meaning 'man of steel', in 1913, and who, after expelling Trotsky from the communist party in 1929, ruled Russia until his death.
Stalinism noun, politics the political, economic and social principles and practices of Lenin's successor, especially his ruthless determination to transform the former USSR's economy from a poor agricultural one into a sophisticated industrialized one at any cost, that culminated in the country becoming a virtual dictatorship ruled by a monolithic government. Stalinist noun, adj. Compare Leninism, Marxism.
ETYMOLOGY: 1920s: named after Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (1879-1953) who changed his name to Stalin, meaning 'man of steel', in 1913, and who, after expelling Trotsky from the communist party in 1929, ruled Russia until his death.
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