The Soviet UnionThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, abbreviated to U.S.S.R. or otherwise known as the Soviet Union, is former northern Eurasian empire which existed between 1922 and 1991. As one of the world’s most powerful and influential states, it comprised of Russia and the surrounding countries.
Successor to the Russian Empire of the tsars, the Soviet Union was governed by the Communist Party and was the first country in the world to be based on Marxist-Leninist socialism. From the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union. |
Joseph StalinThe biography of the 20th century's most evil dictator, whose monstrous actions affected millions of lives within the Soviet Union.
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The GULAG CampsApproximately 18,207,150 prisoners were placed in the GULAG prison systems to instigate the Soviet Union's economic growth.
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The Great PurgeFrom Stalin's paranoia and desire to be an autocrat developed the Great Purge (also known as Stalin's Terror) from 1936 to 1938.
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