The official definition of a republic is any state that doesn’t have a monarch. That said, republicanism and republics have been closely affiliated with democracy, because the reason most people hated monarchs in the first place, was because they were not elected by the population.
So while Stalin was right on paper, it is quite misleading because it might lead to some people believing Stalinist Soviet Union was democratic, when in fact it was a dictatorship.
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YESHIVA: a jewish educational institution that primarily focuses on the study of traditional religious texts such as the Talmud and the Torah, and halacha (Jewish law).
MINYAN: the minimum amount of males (10) required for certain religious customs. In most cases it represents the "community of Israel" for certain things.
The House of Commons and the House of Lords
Join forces to attack other regions
Continue to stay divided as two separate nations