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
Prokofiev spent years in Paris and in the U.S. as a modernist, but ultimately Mother Russia was too strong of a pull, and he returned despite the artistic restrictions of Stalinist Russia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
He has also been reading the book “Life and Fate,” by Vasily Grossman, set in Stalinist Russia during World War II.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
Actually, it was like Stalinist Russia in many ways,” Shakespearean expert Andrew Dickson said of the rigidly controlled society in which the bard worked circa 1585 to 1613.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2022
Although much of the architecture imitates the colossal style of Stalinist work, some of it is of high artistic quality and imagination.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.
