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Stalin
[ stah-lin, -leen, stal-in; Russian stah-lyin ]
Stalin
1/ ˈstɑːlɪn /
noun
- StalinJoseph18791953MRussianPOLITICS: leader Joseph . original name Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili . 1879–1953, Soviet leader; general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–53). He succeeded Lenin as head of the party and created a totalitarian state, crushing all opposition, esp in the great purges of 1934–37. He instigated rapid industrialization and the collectivization of agriculture and established the Soviet Union as a world power
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Dudamel led children into the depths of a symphony in which Shostakovich sought a symphonic road map for surviving Joseph Stalin’s political oppression.
“Stalin’s purges were worse than any plague or infectious disease,” Zeldovich writes.
The best example may be the reign of Trofim Lysenko, who gained power over the entire scientific establishment of Soviet Russia beginning with Stalin’s regime and continuing under Nikita Khrushchev.
As Anne Applebaum has pointed out, Trump has frequently used dehumanizing language such as “vermin,” a style and approach that is reminiscent of Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini.
Strong noted Trump's use of the words "human scum", which the actor said "is a term used by Hitler and Stalin" and other dictators.
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