Definitions
There are two definitions of the term.
- According to historian Roy Medvedev the term describes rehabilitation of Joseph Stalin, identification with him and the associated political system (Stalinism), nostalgia for the Stalinist period in Russia's history, restoration of Stalinist policies, and a return to the administrative terror of the Stalinist period while avoiding some of the worst excesses.
- According to former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev the term refers to moderated Stalinist state, without large-scale repressions but with persecution of political opponents and total control of all political activities in the country
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