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Was Stalin “Necessary”? Three Ways to Read Soviet Industrialization
  • Dmitry Pozhidaev
  • September 7, 2025November 9, 2025

Was Stalin “Necessary”? Three Ways to Read Soviet Industrialization

In a little over a decade after the 1917 Revolution, the Soviet Union vaulted from a mostly agrarian economy to an industrial power. By 1940, overall industrial output was several times its late-19

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