Furthermore, Stalin's rule of his Communist Party also exemplified totalitarian values. ... In 1926, Stalin then stopped this alliance, and he allied with the Right Bolsheviks. Stalin then took political actions that took Trotsky out of the picture, and thus enabled Stalin to have control of the Communist Party. ... Also, Stalin eliminated a group of thriving peasant farmers, who were called the kulaks. Stalin's collectivization of farms showed his agricultural control. ...

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Because Stalin had with the USC controlled the arts, in particularly music, it has often been argued that many composers rebelled against this by seemingly complying by the rules and even in some cases, actually praising Stalin. ... His works all seemed to follow Stalin's guidelines set regarding the composition of new music, but it has been highly debated that he is rejecting everything that Stalin had enforced on composers and even in places mocking Stalin. ... Even fellow composers living under the same threat from Stalin failed to see the hidden meanings in his work. ... On the othe...

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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, also known as Stalin-Hitler Pact was a non-aggression treaty between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed in Moscow on 23 August 1939 the Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov and German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in the presence of Stalin. ... On the other hand, the Soviet Union wanted to gain time, to temporarily prevent a German invasion, as the Red Army had too few senior officers, many of them being executed at the orders of Stalin. ...

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