Stalinist

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The former Stalinist state offers a special visa allowing U.S. citizens to live and work there, with no tax on foreign income for a year, no questions asked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Prokofiev spent years in Paris and in the U.S. as a modernist, but ultimately Mother Russia was too strong of a pull, and he returned despite the artistic restrictions of Stalinist Russia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

On October 23, 1956, students marched through the streets of Budapest, Hungary, demanding among other things the removal of Stalinist symbols, improvements in wages, economic reforms, and the removal of Soviet troops from the country.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Actually, it was like Stalinist Russia in many ways,” Shakespearean expert Andrew Dickson said of the rigidly controlled society in which the bard worked circa 1585 to 1613.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2022

Internally, the ruling elite, headed by Enver Hoxha, maintained a rigid regime of the Stalinist type.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Elpern, Sarah Jane