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Restricted to describing atrocities rather
than providing an analysis of the political system
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Indictment restricted to the years after
1934 |
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The Party was dissociated from Stalin
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Little
was said about the sufferings of ordinary citizens |
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Selective
rehabilitation (excluded Trotsky, Bukharin and others) |
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No
explanation for the emergence of the Stalin phenomenon |
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The
personality cult was blamed on the bad temper of the leader |
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The
party and the system were exonerated as victims of the tyrant’s
paranoia |
