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Developments in social, economic, and political thought totalitarianism in USSR 1933 Totalitarianism, as best characterized in the USSR, sought to control all aspects of its citizen’s lives. Josef Stalin, the most significant dictator of the 20th century, was involved in the deaths of about 20 million people—mostly through his forced labor camps and attempted agricultural collectivization. His brutal form of communism defined totalitarianism for the 20th century. Stalin and his totalitarian communism relates back to the theme because it represented a new and radical political movement unique to the 20th century. "Biography: Joseph Stalin." __Biography: Joseph Stalin__. 1999. PBS.org. 19 Apr. 2009 .