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“Younger generations of scholars especially view Sovietization as an inherently colonial experience on par with Europe’s colonization of Africa and Asia.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Her father, who as a teenager in Tallinn began to rebel against Sovietization, insisted on teaching Stasevska and her two younger brothers to speak Ukrainian at home.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Will Moscow's two-track policy of Russification and Sovietization enable the U.S.S.R. to survive as the world's last multinational empire?

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week the U.S.S.R. slowed down the Sovietization of their half of Germany.

From Time Magazine Archive

Parallel with the Sovietization of the school system in the 1950s, the government made a concerted effort to implement the idea that education must be directly connected with daily living.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Elpern, Sarah Jane