Editing Soviet Union (section)

===Human rights===
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[[Human rights]] in the Soviet Union were severely limited. The Soviet Union was a [[totalitarian state]] from [[History of the Soviet Union (1927–53)|1927 until 1953]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=totalitarianism {{!}} Definition, Examples, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/totalitarianism |access-date=3 January 2021 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Rutland, Peter (1993). The Politics of Economic Stagnation in the Soviet Union: The Role of Local Party Organs in Economic Management |year=1993 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |page=9 |isbn=978-0-521-39241-9 |quote=after 1953 ...This was still an oppressive regime, but not a totalitarian one."}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Krupnik, Igor (1995). "4. Soviet Cultural and Ethnic Policies Towards Jews: A Legacy Reassessed". In Ro'i, Yaacov (ed.). Jews and Jewish Life in Russia and the Soviet Union. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-714-64619-0. "The era of 'social engineering' in the Soviet Union ended with the death of Stalin in 1953 or soon after; and that was the close of the totalitarian regime itself."}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=von Beyme, Klaus (2014). On Political Culture, Cultural Policy, Art and Politics |date=19 November 2013 |publisher=Springer |page=65 |isbn=978-3-319-01559-0 |quote=The Soviet Union after the death of Stalin moved from totalitarianism to authoritarian rule.}}</ref> and a [[one-party]] state until 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2017 |script-title=ru:Закон СССР от 14 марта 1990 г. N 1360-I "Об учреждении поста Президента СССР и внесении изменений и дополнений в Конституцию (Основной Закон) СССР" |language=ru |title=Zakon SSSR ot 14 marta 1990 g. N 1360-I "Ob uchrezhdenii posta Prezidenta SSSR i vnesenii izmeneniy i dopolneniy v Konstitutsiyu (Osnovnoy Zakon) SSSR" |trans-title=Law of the USSR of March 14, 1990 N 1360-I "On the establishment of the post of President of the USSR and amendments and additions to the Constitution (Basic Law) of the USSR" |url=http://constitution.garant.ru/history/ussr-rsfsr/1977/zakony/185465/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010070843/http://constitution.garant.ru/history/ussr-rsfsr/1977/zakony/185465/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 October 2017 |access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref> [[Freedom of speech]] was suppressed and dissent was punished. Independent political activities were not tolerated, whether these involved participation in free [[labour union]]s, private [[corporation]]s, independent churches or opposition [[political parties]]. The [[freedom of movement]] within and especially outside the country was limited. The state restricted rights of citizens to [[private property]].

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