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CSotD: Desolation Strikes the Cult

I don’t know that things seem quite as grim from the inside as Wuerker suggests, though those on the outside have long questioned whether Dear Leader was genuinely accomplishing anything. A Cult of Personality, on the other hand, tends to be fairly steadfast and myopic. The term originated with Stalin and while the Hungarians and […]

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The Communist Party of the Russian Federation Recognized the Criticism of Stalin's Personality Cult as a Mistake. Monuments to the Soviet Leader Are Being Unveiled Throughout the Country. Is Russia Undergoing a Creeping Restalinization? Historian Alexey U

In July 2025, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation declared Nikita Khrushchev's historic report on Stalin's personality cult “erroneous and politically biased”. The document that the party adopted at its congress states that after Joseph Stalin's death, his successor Khrushchev allegedly unfairly accused him of repression by distorting the facts. According to participants in the Communist Party Congress, such accusations “weakened the S…

8 days ago·Riga, Latvia

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