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I don't think their methdology is terrible however the one that should be taken into account is not the "HDI" index but its inequality ajusted version the "I-HDI". that one is pretty consistent and accurate in my opnion.
Everyone was "hobbled" under Stalin for 50 years and then some more.
So no, sorry - this can't be simply written off on Stalin.
I believe it was a poor and depressive region already back in history, long before Stalin showed up on horizon.
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