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A large number of Stalin's allies throughout his tenure as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union were killed. Most notably, many of his opponents were killed during the [[Great Purge]] of the late 30's. Stalin died in 1953. His successor, [[Nikita Khrushchev]], then began the capitalistic Soviet policy that continued into the 1980s and led to its collapse. | A large number of Stalin's allies throughout his tenure as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union were killed. Most notably, many of his opponents were killed during the [[Great Purge]] of the late 30's. Stalin died in 1953. His successor, [[Nikita Khrushchev]], then began the capitalistic Soviet policy that continued into the 1980s and led to its collapse. | ||
==Legacy== | ==Legacy== |