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are abolished and a communist society with its principle, “fromeach according to his ability, to each according to his needs”,is realized. Therefore, it is necessary for all the socialist countriesto uphold the dictatorship of the proletariat.In these circumstances, the abolition of the dictatorship ofthe proletariat by the revisionist Khrushchov clique is nothingbut the betrayal of socialism and communism.ANTAGONISTIC CLASSES AND CLASS STRUGGLEEXIST IN THE SOVIET UNIONIn announcing the abolition of the dictatorship of the proletariatin the Soviet Union, the revisionist Khrushchov cliquebase themselves mainly on the argument that antagonisticclasses have been eliminated and that class struggle no longerexists.But what is the actual situation in the Soviet Union? Arethere really no antagonistic classes and no class struggle there?Following the victory of the Great October Socialist Revolution,the dictatorship of the proletariat was establishedin the Soviet Union, capitalist private ownership was destroyedand socialist ownership by the whole people and socialistcollective ownership were established through the nationalizationof industry and the collectivization of agriculture, andgreat achievements in socialist construction were scored duringseveral decades. All this constituted an indelible victory oftremendous historic significance won by the Communist Partyof the Soviet Union and the Soviet people under the leadershipof Lenin and Stalin.However, the old bourgeoisie and other exploiting classeswhich had been overthrown in the Soviet Union were noteradicated and survived after industry was nationalized andagriculture collectivized. The political and ideological influenceof the bourgeoisie remained. Spontaneous capitalisttendencies continued to exist both in the city and in the coun-428