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There is a long list of such brutal Stalinist abuses:
- Arbitrary arrest for being suspected of anti-Soviet activities and imprisonment without legal guarantees and respect for detainees´ rights;
- torture as a regular method of interrogation;
- creation of forced labors camps called "gulags" for political prisoners or disgraced party members where they lived under appalling conditions;
- unexpected massive purges in the Communist Party and the army;
- the forced collectivization of land in the USSR; millions died or were jailed for opposing it;
- deportation or dislocation of entire peoples from their original lands.
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