Stalinist
Example Sentences
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In 1956 the new party leader, Nikita Khrushchev, broke with the Stalinist past when he delivered his “secret speech,” which was not at all secret.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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
Some see it as a throwback to the Stalinist era, when abortion was outlawed in 1936, and women ending unwanted pregnancies often turned to illegal and unsafe procedures.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
“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
The manner and form of internal control in Romania remained repressive and essentially Stalinist; only minor liberalizing changes took place over the next several years.
From Area Handbook for Romania by Bernier, Donald W.
