Stalinist
Example Sentences
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Marsh had written of Soviet officers knocking on citizens’ doors in pursuit of information for her young-adult novel about authoritarianism in Stalinist Ukraine, a finalist for the National Book Award.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
He’d co-written the script, focusing on the tragic love story between a writer in Stalinist Russia and his devoted paramour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
“I learned the value of humor during the time of Stalinist terror,” he told Philip Roth in a 1980 interview that ran in The New York Times Book Review.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
On October 23, 1956, students marched through the streets of Budapest, Hungary, demanding among other things the removal of Stalinist symbols, improvements in wages, economic reforms, and the removal of Soviet troops from the country.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Internally, the ruling elite, headed by Enver Hoxha, maintained a rigid regime of the Stalinist type.
From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern
