Characteristic of Stalin's domestic policies after World War II was
a. the end of collectivization.
b. an emphasis on the growth of heavy industry.
c. an emphasis on consumer goods.
d. the imprisonment of two million returning soldiers, accused of "capitalist subversion."
e. exiling hundreds of thousands of former czarist officials.
b
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