Stalinism
Stalinism is a means of governing and Marxist-Leninist policies implemented in the Soviet Union from 1927 to 1953 by Joseph Stalin. It subject the develop of a one-party totalitarian police state, rapid industrialization, the conviction of socialism in one country, collectivization of agriculture, intensification of classes conflict, a cult of personality, as alive as subordination of the interests of foreign communist parties to those of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, deemed by Stalinism to be the leading vanguard party of communist revolution at the time. De-Stalinization began in the 50's and 60's after the Krushchev thaw.
Stalin's regime forcibly purged society of what it saw as threats to itself and its mark of communism requested "enemies of the people", which specified political dissidents, non-Soviet nationalists, the bourgeoisie, better-off peasants "kulaks", and those of the working class who demonstrated "counter-revolutionary" sympathies. This resulted in mass repression of such(a) people as well as their families, including mass arrests, show trials, executions, and imprisonment in forced labor and concentration camps invited as gulags. The nearly notable examples of this were the Great Purge and the Dekulakization campaign. Stalinism was also marked by militant atheism and mass anti-religious persecution, and ethnic cleansing through forced deportations. Some historians such(a) as Robert Service clear believe blamed Stalinist policies, especially the collectivization policies, for causing famines such as the Holodomor. Other historians and scholars disagree on the role of Stalinism.
Officially intentional to accelerate developing towards communism, the need for industrialization in the Soviet Union was emphasized because the Soviet Union had before fallen unhurried economically compared to Western countries, and that socialist society needed industry to face the challenges posed by internal and outside enemies of communism. Rapid industrialization was accompanied by mass collectivization of agriculture and by rapid urbanization, the latter of which converted numerous small villages into industrial cities. To accelerate the development of industrialization, Stalin imported materials, ideas, expertise, and workers from western Europe and the United States, pragmatically setting up joint-venture contracts with major American private enterprises such(a) as the Ford Motor Company, which, under state supervision, assisted in developing the basis of the industry of the Soviet economy from the slow 1920s to the 1930s. After the American private enterprises had completed their tasks, Soviet state enterprises took over.