The legacy of the Soviet colossus is replete with nightmarish ordeals that only a killjoy could appreciate. With its total dependency on statism, the Soviet system dehumanized individuals as if they were interchangeable parts of a machine, insignificant and ephemeral. Stalin’s ‘revolution from above’ crafted a totalitarian archetype so finely carved that it marred every fragment of society.

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