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Joseph Stalin Part 3: Hitler Attacks

Real Dictators

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Stalin's Commitment to the Soviet Union

Stalin was always breaking down incipient social organizations that might be taking root in the Soviet world. Any kind of local initiative was immediately shot down and had to come into party discipline. The Cold War will run for almost half a century, but the Soviet dictator won't live to see it fully unfold. At the beginning of the 1950s now in his 8th decade, Stalin has cardiac problems and his health is declining.

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