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... party dicta- torship . With the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly and the suppression of the conservative parties , it was clear that the Bolsheviks ( renamed Communists at the Seventh Party Congress in March 1918 ) would brook no ...
... party dicta- torship . With the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly and the suppression of the conservative parties , it was clear that the Bolsheviks ( renamed Communists at the Seventh Party Congress in March 1918 ) would brook no ...
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... party ruled the state . In practice , Stalin ruled the party and through it dominated every other sector of Soviet life . His colleagues in the party's Politburo functioned as administrative henchmen and as- sistants on a high level ...
... party ruled the state . In practice , Stalin ruled the party and through it dominated every other sector of Soviet life . His colleagues in the party's Politburo functioned as administrative henchmen and as- sistants on a high level ...
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... party coalitions , usually under the leadership of the Agrarian Party or the Social Democrats . During this period , however , both the con- servative National Coalition Party and the leftist Finnish People's Democratic League ( SKDL ) ...
... party coalitions , usually under the leadership of the Agrarian Party or the Social Democrats . During this period , however , both the con- servative National Coalition Party and the leftist Finnish People's Democratic League ( SKDL ) ...
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