title: Leninism – The Substance of Communist Totalitarianism
abstract: The author of the article analyzed totalitarianism in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. There is an extensive scientific literature on the research of totalitarianism. Outstanding works on this matter include, in particular: Hannah Arendt’s Korzenie totalitaryzmu [The Roots of Totalitarianism] which had several revised editions, Carl Friedrich and Zbigniew Brzeziński’s Dyktatura totalitarna i autokracja [Totalitarian Dictatorship and Autocracy] also in two editions, Leszek Kołakowski’s Gł
journal: Miscellanea Historico-Iuridica