Stalinism

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Soviet revolutionary and politician who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held office as general secretary of the Communist Party from 1922 to 1952 and as premier from 1941 until his death. Despite initially governing the country as part of a collective leadership, he eventually consolidated power to become a dictator by the 1930s. Stalin codified the Communist Party's official interpretation of Marxism as Marxism–Leninism, and his version of it is referred to as Stalinism.

Mexican painter (1907–1954)

dictator of Romania from 1965 to 1989

Soviet politician, statesman and diplomat (1890–1986)

thumb|Official portrait of Joseph Stalin from 1945

Soviet politician (1875–1946)

Soviet campaign of political repression, imprisonment, and execution (August 1936 - March 1938)

Bulgarian politician (1882-1949)

Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary (1886–1934)

German communist politician, leader of Communist Party of Germany (1886–1944)

5th President of Czechoslovakia

former First Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party (1892-1971)

Soviet politician (1893–1991)

Soviet politician (1896-1948)

Chinese Communist military commander and politician

Polish politician and leader of Poland (1947–1956)

De-Stalinization () comprised a series of political reforms in the Soviet Union after the death of long-time leader Joseph Stalin in 1953, and the thaw brought about by ascension of Nikita Khrushchev to power, and his 1956 secret speech "On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences", which denounced Stalin's cult of personality and the Stalinist political system.

Mongolian general and political leader from the 1930s to 1952

international day of remembrance

Bolshevism (derived from Bolshevik) is a revolutionary socialist current of Soviet Leninist and later Marxist–Leninist political thought and political regime associated with the formation of a rigidly centralized, cohesive and disciplined party of social revolution, focused on overthrowing the existing capitalist state system, seizing power and establishing the "dictatorship of the proletariat".

thumb|Translated works of Enver Hoxha, for whom the ideology is named.

Colombian theologian (1929-1966)

Bulgarian politician (1877—1950)

political theory by Joseph Stalin

series of three trials held in the Soviet Union at the instigation of Joseph Stalin between 1936 and 1938 against so-called Trotskyists and members of Right Opposition of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Greek politician (1903-1973)

Korean linguist and politician (1886–1958?)

multi-party, popular front-influenced rule by the people for the transition to socialism

Japanese journalist (1859–1933)

Bulgarian communist politician, prime minister (1900-1980)

Soviet cultural doctrine developed by Central Committee secretary Andrei Zhdanov in 1946 that proposed the world was divided into two camps: the "imperialistic", headed by the United States; and "democratic", headed by the Soviet Union

sovereign ruling family of North Korea

the cult of personality around Joseph Stalin

thumb|upright=1.25|May Day procession with Joseph Stalin's portrait in [[London, 2010]]

Soviet politician (1878-1943)

American labor organizer and Communist politician (1881–1961)

Japanese politician, Communist, lawyer

Greek communist politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece

drawing parallels between the ideologies and practices of the USSR under Stalin and Germany under Hitler

Russian chemist, teacher, author, political activist, and social critic (1938-2020)

The Khalq (Dari/, ) was a far-left faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). Its historical de facto leaders were Nur Muhammad Taraki (1967–1979), Hafizullah Amin (1979) It was also the name of the leftist newspaper produced by the same movement. The Khalq wing was formed in 1967 after the split of the party due to bitter resentment with the rival Parcham faction which had a differing revolutionary strategy.

British communist (1890–1960)

Yugoslav paritsan (1907–1948)

American political commentator

Yugoslav politician (1899-1949)

Turkish Marxist–Leninist revolutionary (1945-1972)

Soviet politician (1883-1951)

hotel in Moscow

a pejorative term equating Stalinism and Maoism with fascism

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Mongolian politician (1881-1953)

type of socialism

Vanguardism, a core concept of Leninism, is the idea that a revolutionary vanguard party, composed of the most conscious and disciplined workers, must lead the proletariat in overthrowing capitalism and establishing socialism, ultimately progressing to communism.

Albanian politician (1946-2012)

Indian politician (1923-1976)

book by Joseph Stalin

1924 publication written by Joseph Stalin

Chilean worker and politician (1886-1961)

Armenian Bolshevik/Soviet security police official (1892–1925)

thumb|Belarusian Honor Guard carrying the national flags of Belarus and the Soviet Union, as well as the Soviet victory banner, in Minsk, 2019.