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The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union

We are often told the USSR was an oppressive, authoritarian society, lacking freedom and democracy. There were endless purges that claimed the lives of millions of “dissidents,” purges that were designed for one thing and one thing only: to keep power in the hands of those…

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  1. Episode · Sep 6, 2026

    29 - Setting the Stage II - Civil War Edition! (opens the original)

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    Forget Marvel. This is the Socialist Cinematic Universe! Please consider supporting me at patreon.com/sovietpod, or buymeacoffee.com/sovietpod. Sources: Veller, M. I. and Burovsky, A. M. Grazhdanskay Istoria Bezumnoi Voiny. Izdatelstvo ACT, Moskva, 2007. Istoria Grazhdanskoi Voiny v SSSR, vol. 3. Institute of Marxism-Leninism of the Central Bureau of the KPSS. Published by the State Publisher of Political Literature, Mosvka, 1958. PDF downloaded from leninism.su.

  2. Episode · Jul 6, 2026

    28 - Economy? What Economy? (opens the original)

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    “In order for economic development to take place, one must first have an economy.” - Karl Vladimir Stalin, 2026 Please consider supporting me on Patreon at patreon.com/sovietpod or buymeacoffee.com/sovietpod. Sources: Carr, E. H. The Bolsheviks Revolution: 1917-1923, vol. 2 . Pelican Books, 1966 Nove, Alec. An Economic History of the Soviet Union: 1917-1991. Penguin Books, 1992. Dobb, Maurice. Soviet Economic Development since 1917. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1948. Cliff, Tony. Revolution Besiege

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