Command economy in the Soviet Union, Rapid industrialization of the largely rural country Collectivization of its agriculture by confiscating the lands of farmers., Defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War (1939–1945)., Soviet Union superpower in the world.

Execution of millions of people

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Stalin (1992), The Battleship Potemkin (1925), Dr. Zhivago (1965), The End of St. Petersburg (1927), October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1927), Reds (1981)

Forbidden literature that included Victor Hugo novels and revolutionary (including Marxist) literature

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Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't allow our enemies to have guns, why should we allow them to have ideas?
Die, but do not retreat.
Gratitude is a sickness, suffered by dogs.
Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem.