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Stalin

[ stah-lin, -leen, stal-in; Russian stah-lyin ]

noun

  1. Joseph V. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili, 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
  2. a former name of Donetsk.
  3. former name of Varna.
  4. former name of Braşov.


Stalin

1

/ ˈstɑːlɪn /

noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Stalin

2

/ ˈstɑːlɪn /

noun

  1. Also calledStalino a former name (from after the Revolution until 1961) of Donetsk
  2. the former name (1950–61) of Braşov
  3. the former name (1949–56) of Varna
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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.

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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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