Stalin was a great Marxist. The Communist Party of China has always adopted an objective and fair attitude towards the evaluation of Stalin, has always insisted on a scientific evaluation of him, and has fully affirmed him and his historical achievements. The success of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the failure of socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe show from positive and negative aspects that a correct or incorrect evaluation of Stalin necessarily leads to two different results. In essence, struggles centering on Stalin’s merits and mistakes are a life-and-death fight between the two classes of proletariat and the bourgeoisie, and between the two systems of socialism and capitalism. Since it is a serious political struggle to oppose historical nihilism in the evaluation of historical figures, historical lessons on the evaluation of Stalin must be learned.

Editor: Zhong Yao、Zheng Yifan

From:World Socialism Studies.2022.No.7.