Stalinism is the totalitarian means of governing and Marxist–Leninist policies implemented in the Soviet Union from 1927 to 1953 by dictator Joseph Stalin and in Soviet satellite states between 1944 a
Joseph Stalin, after whom Stalinism is named
Members of the Chinese Communist Party celebrating Stalin's birthday in 1949
A poster of the Stalinist era with the inscription "The whole world will be ours!" promoting the idea of the world revolution. Under Stalin, this idea became gradually downplayed in favour of Stalin's concept of socialism in one country
Soviet Azerbaijan poster featuring an enlarged Stalin with workers
Joseph Stalin was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who ruled the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Sov
Stalinism
…сталинизм) is the totalitarian means of governing and Marxist–Leninist policies implemented in the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1927 to 1953 by dictator Joseph Stalin and in Soviet satellite states between 1944 and 1953. Stalinism included the creation of a one man totalitarian police state, rapid industrialization…
Stalin at the Tehran Conference in 1943
Police photo of Stalin, 1902
First issue of Pravda, of which Stalin served as an early editor
Stalin in 1917 as a young People's Commissar