that the structure of the Stalinist terror--

斯大林主义恐怖行动的结构
there were antecedents that one could see in the civil war,

苏俄内战中有许多先人
and in the period of Lenin's domination

苏联早期列宁执政时期
in the early years of the Soviet Union.

也如此
But very early on,

不过很早以前
the people who imagined that nationalities would have autonomy,

那些认为各民族享有自治权的人们
those hopes were destroyed quite quickly.

他们的希望很快便破灭了
Stalin,he had been minister,

斯大林曾任部长
or whatever they called the Commissar of Nationalities.

或者是他们所谓的民族事务人民委员
The idea that workers' self-management,

由工人进行自行管理
self-control, control of the means of production,

以及自我控制控制生产方式的理念
would be implemented in this new brave world

本将在这个勇敢的新世界中落实实行