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	Main article: [[Nikita Khrushchev]]		Main article: [[Nikita Khrushchev]]

	In his disastrous 8 years, Khrushchev promoted the seeds of corruption that would destroy the USSR, ~~such as~~ his protege Mikhail Gorbachev. However, strong Marxist-Leninists ~~continued to move~~ history forward and ~~kept in check~~ Khrushchevite [[~~revisionism~~]].		In his disastrous 8 years, Khrushchev promoted the seeds of corruption that would destroy the USSR, promoting his protege [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]. However, strong Marxist-Leninists moved history forward and limited the wrecking of Khrushchevite [[revisionists]].

	== Brezhnevite era (1964-1985) ==		== Brezhnevite era (1964-1985) ==

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	Soviet collectivization has been portrayed as forced and unproductive. In reality, it was mostly voluntary and productive, since it was based on farms collectively using tractors, and therefore being collectively owned. It empowered and enriched peasants, ending the concentration of wealth by the kulak class.		Soviet collectivization has been portrayed as forced and unproductive. In reality, it was mostly voluntary and productive, since it was based on farms collectively using tractors, and therefore being collectively owned. It empowered and enriched peasants, ending the concentration of wealth by the kulak class.

	The bourgeois claim collectivization caused famine. In reality, Russia etc never saw a drought-caused famine after collectivization.~~<ref>Only famines made by fascists: In 1946 after the Nazis destroyed grain stocks, and in 1991 when capitalists took over~~.~~</ref>~~ Before collectivization, droughts caused famine up to 3 times every decade, such as 1902, 1906, 1908, and 1911.<ref name="dom">http://www.domarchive.ru/history/part-1-empire/61</ref> Collectivization prevented famines by allowing grain to be stockpiled.		The bourgeois claim collectivization caused famine. In reality, Russia etc never saw a drought-caused famine after collectivization. (See [[Soviet Union#Famines]].) Before collectivization, droughts caused famine up to 3 times every decade, such as 1902, 1906, 1908, and 1911.<ref name="dom">http://www.domarchive.ru/history/part-1-empire/61</ref> Collectivization prevented famines by allowing grain to be stockpiled.

	Collectivization was more efficient. Grain output temporarily fell because of terrorist sabotage, but rose afterwards.		Collectivization was more efficient. Grain output temporarily fell because of terrorist sabotage, but rose afterwards.

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 Stalin continued the model of Lenin, applying dialectical materialism to the Soviet situation. <ref>Interview with Mochalov, via Richard Kosolapov "Slovo tovarischu Stalinu", via Grover Furr "Khrushchev Lied" p. 392 https://archive.org/details/khrushchev-lied</ref>
-"Nowhere is it said that I am a pupil of Lenin... In fact I considered myself, and still consider myself, a pupil of Lenin. I said this clearly in the well-known conversation with Ludwig... I am a pupil of Lenin’s, Lenin taught me, not the other way around. He laid out the road, and we are proceeding along this cleared road." - Stalin
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 Using Marxism, Stalin turned the Soviet Union from a backwater of poor peasants to an industrial superpower capable of steamrolling Western Europe (even able to defeat the British Empire ''after'' WWII<ref>Operation Unthinkable, "Decisive Defeat of Russian forces" is "most unlikely".https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/cold-war-on-file/operation-unthinkable/</ref>). This industrialization did not require sacrificing lives, unlike the industrialization of America<ref>Upton Sinclair, ''The Jungle''. https://www.amazon.com/Jungle-Upton-Sinclair/dp/1503331865</ref> or Britain<ref>Karl Marx, Das Kapital, Chapter 25, Section 5.https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/</ref>. It was done to make the working people richer, rather than the bourgeois owning class.
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 Main article: [[1932-3 Soviet famine]]
 == Health and food ==

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	===1932 Famine===		===1932 Famine===

			: ''Main article:'' [[1932-3 Ukrainian famine]]

	Collectivization raised grain output so much that the USSR began exporting grain. But terrorists wrecking the collective farms, combined with drought, caused a famine.		Collectivization raised grain output so much that the USSR began exporting grain. But terrorists wrecking the collective farms, combined with drought, caused a famine.

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	[[File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png\|thumb\|Flag of the Soviet Union from 1955-1991]]		[[File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png\|thumb\|Flag of the Soviet Union from 1955-1991]]
	The '''Soviet Union''', officially the '''Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ('''USSR'''), was a [[State socialism\|socialist state]] in [[Eurasia]] that existed from 1922-1991. The USSR synthesized [[Marxism-Leninism]], '''was the primary actor that defeated [[fascism]] in [[World War 2\|WW2]]'''. However, the USSR tragically fell to [[revisionism]] in 1956, causing systemic [[stagnation]] and [[bureaucracy\|bureaucratization]] across the 1960s-1980s. These all resulted into its ultimate downfall in 1991.		The '''Soviet Union''', officially the '''Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ('''USSR'''), was a [[State socialism\|socialist state]] in [[Eurasia]] that existed from 1922-1991. The USSR synthesized [[Marxism-Leninism]], '''was the primary actor that defeated [[fascism]] in [[World War 2\|WW2]]'''. However, the USSR tragically fell to [[revisionism]] in 1956, causing systemic [[stagnation]] and [[bureaucracy\|bureaucratization]] across the 1960s-1980s. These all resulted into its ultimate downfall in [[Collapse of the USSR\|1991]].

	Established by the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU) in the aftermath of the [[Russian Civil War]], the USSR was led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] until his death in 1924. This period set a precedent for [[Leninism]] as a tradition and model for how [[Socialism\|socialist]] states should function. [[Joseph Stalin]] came to power after Lenin and began a process of mass industrialization, which was pivotal for the USSR's victory in the [[Great Patriotic War]] against fascism in 1941-1945. It was under Stalin that Marxism-Leninism completed its synthesization with Russian civilization and tradition. During Stalin's era, [[religion]] was reconciled with [[communism]], and the precedent of [[socialist patriotism]] was reaffirmed. Stalin's death in 1953 led to a usurpation of the country by [[Nikita Khrushchev]], who altered the class character of the [[CPSU]] and the Soviet state by replacing the [[dictatorship of the proletariat]] for a social-democratic [[All-People's State]] in 1956.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/1964/phnycom2.htm Mao's Criticism of Khrushchev's Revisionism]</ref> These revisions turned the country towards [[social imperialism]]. The Khrushchev era ultimately contributed to the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union\|death of the country]] in 1991 due to the a wave of [[historical nihilism]], foreign ideological infiltration, covert [[Color revolution\|color revolutions]] and final capitulation to the West by [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].		Established by the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU) in the aftermath of the [[Russian Civil War]], the USSR was led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] until his death in 1924. This period set a precedent for [[Leninism]] as a tradition and model for how [[Socialism\|socialist]] states should function. [[Joseph Stalin]] came to power after Lenin and began a process of mass industrialization, which was pivotal for the USSR's victory in the [[Great Patriotic War]] against fascism in 1941-1945. It was under Stalin that Marxism-Leninism completed its synthesization with Russian civilization and tradition. During Stalin's era, [[religion]] was reconciled with [[communism]], and the precedent of [[socialist patriotism]] was reaffirmed. Stalin's death in 1953 led to a usurpation of the country by [[Nikita Khrushchev]], who altered the class character of the [[CPSU]] and the Soviet state by replacing the [[dictatorship of the proletariat]] for a social-democratic [[All-People's State]] in 1956.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/1964/phnycom2.htm Mao's Criticism of Khrushchev's Revisionism]</ref> These revisions turned the country towards [[social imperialism]]. The Khrushchev era ultimately contributed to the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union\|death of the country]] in 1991 due to the a wave of [[historical nihilism]], foreign ideological infiltration, covert [[Color revolution\|color revolutions]] and final capitulation to the West by [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].

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	[[File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png\|thumb\|Flag of the Soviet Union from 1955-1991]]		[[File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png\|thumb\|Flag of the Soviet Union from 1955-1991]]
	The '''Soviet Union''', officially the '''Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ('''USSR'''), was a [[State socialism\|socialist state]] in [[Eurasia]] that existed from 1922-1991. The ~~Soviet Union~~ synthesized [[Marxism-Leninism]], '''was the primary actor that defeated [[fascism]] in [[WW2]]''', ~~but~~ tragically fell to [[revisionism]] in 1956, causing systemic [[stagnation]] and [[bureaucracy\|bureaucratization]] across the 1960s-1980s~~, and to which~~ resulted into its ultimate downfall in 1991.		The '''Soviet Union''', officially the '''Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ('''USSR'''), was a [[State socialism\|socialist state]] in [[Eurasia]] that existed from 1922-1991. The USSR synthesized [[Marxism-Leninism]], '''was the primary actor that defeated [[fascism]] in [[World War 2\|WW2]]'''. However, the USSR tragically fell to [[revisionism]] in 1956, causing systemic [[stagnation]] and [[bureaucracy\|bureaucratization]] across the 1960s-1980s. These all resulted into its ultimate downfall in 1991.

	Established by the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU) in the aftermath of the [[Russian Civil War]], the USSR was led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] until his death in 1924. This period set a precedent for [[Leninism]] as a tradition and model for how [[Socialism\|socialist]] states should function. [[Joseph Stalin]] came to power after Lenin and began a process of mass industrialization, which was pivotal for the USSR's victory in the [[Great Patriotic War]] against fascism in 1941-1945. It was under Stalin that Marxism-Leninism completed its synthesization with Russian civilization and tradition. During Stalin's era, [[religion]] was reconciled with [[communism]], and the precedent of [[socialist patriotism]] was reaffirmed. Stalin's death in 1953 led to a usurpation of the country by [[Nikita Khrushchev]], who altered the class character of the [[CPSU]] and the Soviet state by replacing the [[dictatorship of the proletariat]] for a social-democratic [[All-People's State]] in 1956.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/1964/phnycom2.htm Mao's Criticism of Khrushchev's Revisionism]</ref> These revisions turned the country towards [[social imperialism]]. The Khrushchev era ultimately contributed to the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union\|death of the country]] in 1991 due to the a wave of [[historical nihilism]], foreign ideological infiltration, covert [[Color revolution\|color revolutions]] and final capitulation to the West by [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].		Established by the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU) in the aftermath of the [[Russian Civil War]], the USSR was led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] until his death in 1924. This period set a precedent for [[Leninism]] as a tradition and model for how [[Socialism\|socialist]] states should function. [[Joseph Stalin]] came to power after Lenin and began a process of mass industrialization, which was pivotal for the USSR's victory in the [[Great Patriotic War]] against fascism in 1941-1945. It was under Stalin that Marxism-Leninism completed its synthesization with Russian civilization and tradition. During Stalin's era, [[religion]] was reconciled with [[communism]], and the precedent of [[socialist patriotism]] was reaffirmed. Stalin's death in 1953 led to a usurpation of the country by [[Nikita Khrushchev]], who altered the class character of the [[CPSU]] and the Soviet state by replacing the [[dictatorship of the proletariat]] for a social-democratic [[All-People's State]] in 1956.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/1964/phnycom2.htm Mao's Criticism of Khrushchev's Revisionism]</ref> These revisions turned the country towards [[social imperialism]]. The Khrushchev era ultimately contributed to the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union\|death of the country]] in 1991 due to the a wave of [[historical nihilism]], foreign ideological infiltration, covert [[Color revolution\|color revolutions]] and final capitulation to the West by [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].

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	[[File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png\|thumb\|Flag of the Soviet Union from 1955-1991]]		[[File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png\|thumb\|Flag of the Soviet Union from 1955-1991]]
	The '''Soviet Union''', officially the '''Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ('''USSR'''), was a [[State socialism\|socialist state]] in [[Eurasia]] that existed from 1922-1991. The Soviet Union synthesized [[Marxism-Leninism]], '''was the primary actor that defeated [[fascism]] in [[WW2]]''', but tragically fell to [[revisionism]] in 1956, causing ~~to general~~ [[stagnation]] across the 1960s-1980s, and to which resulted into its ultimate downfall in 1991.		The '''Soviet Union''', officially the '''Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ('''USSR'''), was a [[State socialism\|socialist state]] in [[Eurasia]] that existed from 1922-1991. The Soviet Union synthesized [[Marxism-Leninism]], '''was the primary actor that defeated [[fascism]] in [[WW2]]''', but tragically fell to [[revisionism]] in 1956, causing systemic [[stagnation]] and [[bureaucracy\|bureaucratization]] across the 1960s-1980s, and to which resulted into its ultimate downfall in 1991.

	Established by the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU) in the aftermath of the [[Russian Civil War]], the USSR was led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] until his death in 1924. This period set a precedent for [[Leninism]] as a tradition and model for how [[Socialism\|socialist]] states should function. [[Joseph Stalin]] came to power after Lenin and began a process of mass industrialization, which was pivotal for the USSR's victory in the [[Great Patriotic War]] against fascism in 1941-1945. It was under Stalin that Marxism-Leninism completed its synthesization with Russian civilization and tradition. During Stalin's era, [[religion]] was reconciled with [[communism]], and the precedent of [[socialist patriotism]] was reaffirmed. Stalin's death in 1953 led to a usurpation of the country by [[Nikita Khrushchev]], who altered the class character of the [[CPSU]] and the Soviet state by replacing the [[dictatorship of the proletariat]] for a social-democratic [[All-People's State]] in 1956.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/1964/phnycom2.htm Mao's Criticism of Khrushchev's Revisionism]</ref> These revisions turned the country towards [[social imperialism]]. The Khrushchev era ultimately contributed to the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union\|death of the country]] in 1991 due to the a wave of [[historical nihilism]], foreign ideological infiltration, covert [[Color revolution\|color revolutions]] and final capitulation to the West by [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].		Established by the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU) in the aftermath of the [[Russian Civil War]], the USSR was led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] until his death in 1924. This period set a precedent for [[Leninism]] as a tradition and model for how [[Socialism\|socialist]] states should function. [[Joseph Stalin]] came to power after Lenin and began a process of mass industrialization, which was pivotal for the USSR's victory in the [[Great Patriotic War]] against fascism in 1941-1945. It was under Stalin that Marxism-Leninism completed its synthesization with Russian civilization and tradition. During Stalin's era, [[religion]] was reconciled with [[communism]], and the precedent of [[socialist patriotism]] was reaffirmed. Stalin's death in 1953 led to a usurpation of the country by [[Nikita Khrushchev]], who altered the class character of the [[CPSU]] and the Soviet state by replacing the [[dictatorship of the proletariat]] for a social-democratic [[All-People's State]] in 1956.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/1964/phnycom2.htm Mao's Criticism of Khrushchev's Revisionism]</ref> These revisions turned the country towards [[social imperialism]]. The Khrushchev era ultimately contributed to the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union\|death of the country]] in 1991 due to the a wave of [[historical nihilism]], foreign ideological infiltration, covert [[Color revolution\|color revolutions]] and final capitulation to the West by [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].

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	The '''Soviet Union''', officially the '''Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ('''USSR'''), was a [[State socialism\|socialist state]] in [[Eurasia]] that existed from 1922-1991. The USSR synthesized [[Marxism-Leninism]], '''was the primary actor that defeated [[fascism]] in [[World War 2\|WW2]]'''. However, the USSR tragically fell to [[revisionism]] in 1956, causing systemic [[stagnation]] and [[bureaucracy\|bureaucratization]] across the 1960s-1980s. These all resulted into its ultimate downfall in 1991.		The '''Soviet Union''', officially the '''Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ('''USSR'''), was a [[State socialism\|socialist state]] in [[Eurasia]] that existed from 1922-1991. The USSR synthesized [[Marxism-Leninism]], '''was the primary actor that defeated [[fascism]] in [[World War 2\|WW2]]'''. However, the USSR tragically fell to [[revisionism]] in 1956, causing systemic [[stagnation]] and [[bureaucracy\|bureaucratization]] across the 1960s-1980s. These all resulted into its ultimate downfall in [[Collapse of the USSR\|1991]].

	Established by the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU) in the aftermath of the [[Russian Civil War]], the USSR was led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] until his death in 1924. This period set a precedent for [[Leninism]] as a tradition and model for how [[Socialism\|socialist]] states should function. [[Joseph Stalin]] came to power after Lenin and began a process of mass industrialization, which was pivotal for the USSR's victory in the [[Great Patriotic War]] against fascism in 1941-1945. It was under Stalin that Marxism-Leninism completed its synthesization with Russian civilization and tradition. During Stalin's era, [[religion]] was reconciled with [[communism]], and the precedent of [[socialist patriotism]] was reaffirmed. Stalin's death in 1953 led to a usurpation of the country by [[Nikita Khrushchev]], who altered the class character of the [[CPSU]] and the Soviet state by replacing the [[dictatorship of the proletariat]] for a social-democratic [[All-People's State]] in 1956.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/1964/phnycom2.htm Mao's Criticism of Khrushchev's Revisionism]</ref> These revisions turned the country towards [[social imperialism]]. The Khrushchev era ultimately contributed to the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union\|death of the country]] in 1991 due to the a wave of [[historical nihilism]], foreign ideological infiltration, covert [[Color revolution\|color revolutions]] and final capitulation to the West by [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].		Established by the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU) in the aftermath of the [[Russian Civil War]], the USSR was led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] until his death in 1924. This period set a precedent for [[Leninism]] as a tradition and model for how [[Socialism\|socialist]] states should function. [[Joseph Stalin]] came to power after Lenin and began a process of mass industrialization, which was pivotal for the USSR's victory in the [[Great Patriotic War]] against fascism in 1941-1945. It was under Stalin that Marxism-Leninism completed its synthesization with Russian civilization and tradition. During Stalin's era, [[religion]] was reconciled with [[communism]], and the precedent of [[socialist patriotism]] was reaffirmed. Stalin's death in 1953 led to a usurpation of the country by [[Nikita Khrushchev]], who altered the class character of the [[CPSU]] and the Soviet state by replacing the [[dictatorship of the proletariat]] for a social-democratic [[All-People's State]] in 1956.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/1964/phnycom2.htm Mao's Criticism of Khrushchev's Revisionism]</ref> These revisions turned the country towards [[social imperialism]]. The Khrushchev era ultimately contributed to the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union\|death of the country]] in 1991 due to the a wave of [[historical nihilism]], foreign ideological infiltration, covert [[Color revolution\|color revolutions]] and final capitulation to the West by [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].

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	The '''Soviet Union''', officially the '''Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ('''USSR'''), was a [[State socialism\|socialist state]] in [[Eurasia]] that existed from 1922-1991. The ~~Soviet Union~~ synthesized [[Marxism-Leninism]], '''was the primary actor that defeated [[fascism]] in [[WW2]]''', ~~but~~ tragically fell to [[revisionism]] in 1956, causing systemic [[stagnation]] and [[bureaucracy\|bureaucratization]] across the 1960s-1980s~~, and to which~~ resulted into its ultimate downfall in 1991.		The '''Soviet Union''', officially the '''Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ('''USSR'''), was a [[State socialism\|socialist state]] in [[Eurasia]] that existed from 1922-1991. The USSR synthesized [[Marxism-Leninism]], '''was the primary actor that defeated [[fascism]] in [[World War 2\|WW2]]'''. However, the USSR tragically fell to [[revisionism]] in 1956, causing systemic [[stagnation]] and [[bureaucracy\|bureaucratization]] across the 1960s-1980s. These all resulted into its ultimate downfall in 1991.

	Established by the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU) in the aftermath of the [[Russian Civil War]], the USSR was led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] until his death in 1924. This period set a precedent for [[Leninism]] as a tradition and model for how [[Socialism\|socialist]] states should function. [[Joseph Stalin]] came to power after Lenin and began a process of mass industrialization, which was pivotal for the USSR's victory in the [[Great Patriotic War]] against fascism in 1941-1945. It was under Stalin that Marxism-Leninism completed its synthesization with Russian civilization and tradition. During Stalin's era, [[religion]] was reconciled with [[communism]], and the precedent of [[socialist patriotism]] was reaffirmed. Stalin's death in 1953 led to a usurpation of the country by [[Nikita Khrushchev]], who altered the class character of the [[CPSU]] and the Soviet state by replacing the [[dictatorship of the proletariat]] for a social-democratic [[All-People's State]] in 1956.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/1964/phnycom2.htm Mao's Criticism of Khrushchev's Revisionism]</ref> These revisions turned the country towards [[social imperialism]]. The Khrushchev era ultimately contributed to the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union\|death of the country]] in 1991 due to the a wave of [[historical nihilism]], foreign ideological infiltration, covert [[Color revolution\|color revolutions]] and final capitulation to the West by [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].		Established by the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU) in the aftermath of the [[Russian Civil War]], the USSR was led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] until his death in 1924. This period set a precedent for [[Leninism]] as a tradition and model for how [[Socialism\|socialist]] states should function. [[Joseph Stalin]] came to power after Lenin and began a process of mass industrialization, which was pivotal for the USSR's victory in the [[Great Patriotic War]] against fascism in 1941-1945. It was under Stalin that Marxism-Leninism completed its synthesization with Russian civilization and tradition. During Stalin's era, [[religion]] was reconciled with [[communism]], and the precedent of [[socialist patriotism]] was reaffirmed. Stalin's death in 1953 led to a usurpation of the country by [[Nikita Khrushchev]], who altered the class character of the [[CPSU]] and the Soviet state by replacing the [[dictatorship of the proletariat]] for a social-democratic [[All-People's State]] in 1956.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/1964/phnycom2.htm Mao's Criticism of Khrushchev's Revisionism]</ref> These revisions turned the country towards [[social imperialism]]. The Khrushchev era ultimately contributed to the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union\|death of the country]] in 1991 due to the a wave of [[historical nihilism]], foreign ideological infiltration, covert [[Color revolution\|color revolutions]] and final capitulation to the West by [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].

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	[[File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png\|thumb\|Flag of the Soviet Union from 1955-1991]]		[[File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png\|thumb\|Flag of the Soviet Union from 1955-1991]]
	The '''Soviet Union''', officially the '''Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ('''USSR'''), was a [[State socialism\|socialist state]] in [[Eurasia]] that existed from 1922-1991. The Soviet Union synthesized [[Marxism-Leninism]], '''was the primary actor that defeated [[fascism]] in [[WW2]]''', but tragically fell to [[revisionism]] in 1956, causing ~~to general~~ [[stagnation]] across the 1960s-1980s, and to which resulted into its ultimate downfall in 1991.		The '''Soviet Union''', officially the '''Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ('''USSR'''), was a [[State socialism\|socialist state]] in [[Eurasia]] that existed from 1922-1991. The Soviet Union synthesized [[Marxism-Leninism]], '''was the primary actor that defeated [[fascism]] in [[WW2]]''', but tragically fell to [[revisionism]] in 1956, causing systemic [[stagnation]] and [[bureaucracy\|bureaucratization]] across the 1960s-1980s, and to which resulted into its ultimate downfall in 1991.

	Established by the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU) in the aftermath of the [[Russian Civil War]], the USSR was led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] until his death in 1924. This period set a precedent for [[Leninism]] as a tradition and model for how [[Socialism\|socialist]] states should function. [[Joseph Stalin]] came to power after Lenin and began a process of mass industrialization, which was pivotal for the USSR's victory in the [[Great Patriotic War]] against fascism in 1941-1945. It was under Stalin that Marxism-Leninism completed its synthesization with Russian civilization and tradition. During Stalin's era, [[religion]] was reconciled with [[communism]], and the precedent of [[socialist patriotism]] was reaffirmed. Stalin's death in 1953 led to a usurpation of the country by [[Nikita Khrushchev]], who altered the class character of the [[CPSU]] and the Soviet state by replacing the [[dictatorship of the proletariat]] for a social-democratic [[All-People's State]] in 1956.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/1964/phnycom2.htm Mao's Criticism of Khrushchev's Revisionism]</ref> These revisions turned the country towards [[social imperialism]]. The Khrushchev era ultimately contributed to the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union\|death of the country]] in 1991 due to the a wave of [[historical nihilism]], foreign ideological infiltration, covert [[Color revolution\|color revolutions]] and final capitulation to the West by [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].		Established by the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU) in the aftermath of the [[Russian Civil War]], the USSR was led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] until his death in 1924. This period set a precedent for [[Leninism]] as a tradition and model for how [[Socialism\|socialist]] states should function. [[Joseph Stalin]] came to power after Lenin and began a process of mass industrialization, which was pivotal for the USSR's victory in the [[Great Patriotic War]] against fascism in 1941-1945. It was under Stalin that Marxism-Leninism completed its synthesization with Russian civilization and tradition. During Stalin's era, [[religion]] was reconciled with [[communism]], and the precedent of [[socialist patriotism]] was reaffirmed. Stalin's death in 1953 led to a usurpation of the country by [[Nikita Khrushchev]], who altered the class character of the [[CPSU]] and the Soviet state by replacing the [[dictatorship of the proletariat]] for a social-democratic [[All-People's State]] in 1956.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/1964/phnycom2.htm Mao's Criticism of Khrushchev's Revisionism]</ref> These revisions turned the country towards [[social imperialism]]. The Khrushchev era ultimately contributed to the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union\|death of the country]] in 1991 due to the a wave of [[historical nihilism]], foreign ideological infiltration, covert [[Color revolution\|color revolutions]] and final capitulation to the West by [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].