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Stalins speech February 9, 1946Summary

In February 1946 Soviet leader Joseph Stalin delivered a speech to voters in a Moscow electoral district. He reflected on the Allied victory in World War II, the stability of the Soviet system and the performance of the Red Army. Most notably, he claimed that war was inevitable in any system where capitalism is dominant:

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“the war broke out as the inevitable result of the development of world economic and political forces [and] monopolistic capitalism”

“Marxists have more than once stated that the capitalist system of world economy contains the elements of a general crisis and military conflicts”

“Thus, as a result of the first crisis of the capitalist system of world economy, the First World War broke out; and as a result of the second crisis, the Second World War broke out.”

“established there a cruel terroristic regime, trampled upon the principle of the sovereignty and free development of small countries”- about Hitler’s regime

“We terminated the war with complete victory over our enemies”

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