Stalin lives longer

What if Stalin does not die in 1953 and instead lives until, say, 1960? What actions would he take in those extra 7 years of rule?
 
What if Stalin does not die in 1953 and instead lives until, say, 1960? What actions would he take in those extra 7 years of rule?
Stalin was killed by his own Politburo members, because he was preparing for WW3. In 1953 USSR had less than 150 nukes none of which was capable to reach USA/GB. So, that was pure suicide. But that's only my estimations. As for facts?
At least, 2nd Great Purge guaranteed.
 
Stalin was killed by his own Politburo members, because he was preparing for WW3. In 1953 USSR had less than 150 nukes none of which was capable to reach USA/GB. So, that was pure suicide. But that's only my estimations. As for facts?
At least, 2nd Great Purge guaranteed.

Do you have a source for that?
 
The Doctors' Plot indicated a desire to start a massive anti-Semitic pogrom, which will have ramifications for the Soviet Union's image abroad as well as for Jewish demographics in the USSR and other countries. If things get really bad do more Russian Jews emigrate abroad to Israel and the US?

I do think if Stalin attempted another Great Purge he gets discreetly taken out by other members of the Politburo.
 
The Doctors' Plot indicated a desire to start a massive anti-Semitic pogrom, which will have ramifications for the Soviet Union's image abroad

It would be a propaganda weapon for the West but may improve the USSR's image in the Mideast.

If things get really bad do more Russian Jews emigrate abroad to Israel and the US?

Would he let them go?? I don't think Stalin had that in mind.

I do think if Stalin attempted another Great Purge he gets discreetly taken out by other members of the Politburo.

Depends on who is perceived as threatened and how much they can do.
 
There is substantial circumstantial evidence that Stalin was assassinated, but the idea that he was about to start a third World War is baseless speculation of unreliable people like Viktor Suvorov.

Exactly who in the Soviet Union is a reliable source. In general you can tell when they're lying because their lips are moving.
 
Well to start with Molotov is screwed - seeing as Stalin happened to conveniently die the day he ordered Molotov’s killing
 
Exactly who in the Soviet Union is a reliable source. In general you can tell when they're lying because their lips are moving.
While the accusation is true regarding Viktor Suvorov, it's ridiculous to generalize it to the whole Soviet Union (and Suvorov is a defector, which seem to be considered very reliable in the West).
 

RousseauX

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Twilight of the Red Tsar is pretty good

at very least there will be another purge of the inner circle: Molotov and Mikoyan were on the chopping block. They were due for arrest and show trials. Beria would likely have followed.

there will likely be an anti-Semitic purge of Soviet population Stalin was getting paranoid of "Zionism" by the late 40s and felt Soviet Jews were more loyal to Israel than to the USSR. He had already started the first steps to mass displace of Jews in the weeks before he died.
 
Twilight of the Red Tsar is pretty good

at very least there will be another purge of the inner circle: Molotov and Mikoyan were on the chopping block. They were due for arrest and show trials. Beria would likely have followed.

there will likely be an anti-Semitic purge of Soviet population Stalin was getting paranoid of "Zionism" by the late 40s and felt Soviet Jews were more loyal to Israel than to the USSR. He had already started the first steps to mass displace of Jews in the weeks before he died.
I think this is speculation without any real evidence.
 

“Both Molotov and Mikoyan were falling out of favour rapidly, with Stalin telling Beria, Khrushchev, Malenkov and Nikolai Bulganin that he did not want to see Molotov and Mikoyan around anymore. At his 73rd birthday, Stalin treated both with disgust.[67] In his speech to the 20th Party Congress in 1956, Khrushchev told delegates that Stalin had had plans for "finishing off" Molotov and Mikoyan in the aftermath of the 19th Congress.” - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyacheslav_Molotov
 

RousseauX

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I think this is speculation without any real evidence.
See On Stalin's team by Sheila Fitzpatrick, one of the things he did was getting prominent Jews to sign a petition to be removed from cities for "their own protection" he even tried to get Lazar Kagnovich to sign it. The doctors plot was anti-Semitic in nature as well.
 

RousseauX

Donor
“Both Molotov and Mikoyan were falling out of favour rapidly, with Stalin telling Beria, Khrushchev, Malenkov and Nikolai Bulganin that he did not want to see Molotov and Mikoyan around anymore. At his 73rd birthday, Stalin treated both with disgust.[67] In his speech to the 20th Party Congress in 1956, Khrushchev told delegates that Stalin had had plans for "finishing off" Molotov and Mikoyan in the aftermath of the 19th Congress.” - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyacheslav_Molotov
that's not an order for execution though, and did not occur on the day Stalin died
 
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