Definition of Stalinization

1. Noun. Social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) the policies and practices of Joseph Stalin. "Many Hungarians refused to take part in the Stalinization of their country"

Exact synonyms: Stalinisation
Generic synonyms: Social Process
Derivative terms: Stalinise, Stalinize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stalinization

Stahl's ear
Stahlian
Stahlians
Stakhanovite
Stakhanovites
Stakhonovite
Stakhonovites
Stalin
Stalinabad
Stalingrad
Stalinian
Stalinisation
Stalinism
Stalinist
Stalinists
Stalinization
Stalino
Stallman
Stamboul
Stambul
Stamford Bridge
Stamnosoma
Stamp Act
Stan
Stan Laurel
Stan Musial
Stan the Man
Stancel
Standard English
Standard German

Literary usage of Stalinization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lenin's Legacy: The Story of the Cpsu by Robert G. Wesson (1978)
"DE-stalinization: FIRST ROUND Up to February Nikita Khrushchev's career is fairly understandable. He was raised by Stalin from the formerly deprived and ..."

2. The Cold War in Asia by Cold War International History Project (1996)
"Only after the upheavals in Eastern Europe in October-November 1956 did Chinese leaders express strong reservations about the de- stalinization campaign. ..."

3. Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe by Richard Felix Staar (1982)
"stalinization took hold in Bulgaria with perhaps more aggressiveness than in any other East European country. ..."

4. The Troubled Birth of Russian Democracy: Parties, Personalities, and Programs by Michael McFaul, Sergei Markov (1993)
"Among the events having a decisive impact on the development of the democratic movement of Moscow, one should mention the meeting for the de- stalinization ..."

5. Patterns of Deprivation in the Soviet Union Under Brezhnev and Gorbachev by Mervyn Matthews (1989)
"De- stalinization meant creating the impression that citizens had gained extra means to influence the government and alert authorities to current abuses. ..."

6. Getting to the Top in the USSR: Cyclical Patterns in the Leadership by R. Judson Mitchell (1990)
"... will tend to test the outer boundaries of those limitations, as Khrushchev did with de-stalinization, and Brezhnev did with the repression of dissent. ..."

7. The Other Side of the Table: The Soviet Approach to Arms Control by Michael Mandelbaum (1990)
"... ADJUSTMENTS Despite his de-stalinization campaign and his own particular ideas about the Soviet force posture, Nikita Khrushchev did not radically ..."

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