de-Stalinization
noun
de-Sta·lin·i·za·tion
(ˌ)dē-ˌstä-lə-nə-ˈzā-shən 
-ˌsta-
: the discrediting of Stalin and his policies
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The Soviet regime, having survived Stalinist terror, famine, and industrialization, as well as World War II and de-Stalinization, could have survived the stagnation of the mid-1980s as other, poorer communist regimes such as China, Cuba, North Korea, and Vietnam did.
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Max Boot, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024
At the end of earlier totalitarian phases, Russia has traditionally reversed course: Alexander II’s Great Reforms of 1861, Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization of 1956, Gorbachev’s perestroika of 1985, Yeltsin’s reforms of 1992.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
First, the Soviet Union attempted a de-Stalinization process after the dictator’s death, in 1953.
—Eugene Rumer, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2023
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Max Boot, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024
At the end of earlier totalitarian phases, Russia has traditionally reversed course: Alexander II’s Great Reforms of 1861, Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization of 1956, Gorbachev’s perestroika of 1985, Yeltsin’s reforms of 1992.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
First, the Soviet Union attempted a de-Stalinization process after the dictator’s death, in 1953.
—Eugene Rumer, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2023
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