Dictatorship of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953 (9)
I believe the answer is:
stalinism
(Other definitions for stalinism that I've seen before include "as a rule, it was awful" , "Soviet system" , "form of government" .)
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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