Stalin's regime was based on fear and propaganda. He killed over 20 million of his own people. He dissolved the Zhenotdel and encouraged traditional family values, presenting the perfect woman as a good wife, mother, and worker. Lenin had established the Cheka (Russian secret police) in 1917, which Stalin used to terrorise the country. read more
Briefly: the dictatorship of the proletariat is the rule-unrestricted by law and based on force-of the proletariat over the bourgeoisie, a rule enjoying the sympathy and support of the labouring and exploited masses (Lenin, The State and Revolution). read more