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History of the Soviet Union (1927–53)
The
history of the Soviet Union between 1927 and 1953
covers the period in
Soviet history
from
establishment of Stalinism
through victory in the
Second World War
and down to the death of
Joseph Stalin
in 1953. He sought to destroy his enemies while transforming Soviet society with aggressive economic planning, in particular a sweeping
collectivization of agriculture
and rapid development of heavy industry. Stalin consolidated his power within the party and the state to degree of a
cult of personality
.
Soviet secret-police
and the mass-mobilization Communist party served as Stalin's major tools in molding
Soviet society
. Stalin's brutal methods in achieving his goals, which included
party purges
,
political repression of the general population
, and forced collectivization, led to millions of deaths: in
Gulag
labor camps
and during
man-made famine
.
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