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When Stalin died on 3 March 1953, his successors were confronted with a difficult legacy. After thirty years of domineering presence, Stalin had left a dramatic vacuum at the helm of the Soviet Union as well as a number of pressing problems demanding prompt solution.
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Mammarella, G. (1995). The Soviet System from the ‘Thaw’ to the Hungarian Crisis. In: Varsori, A. (eds) Europe 1945–1990s. Southampton Studies in International Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23689-3_19
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