And regarding "The Dog's Heart." Remember who wrote it and what the author wrote about, or rather, what he meant.

The point is that a film like this was made and released. And this somewhat contradicts the image of a country where people were imprisoned for "two words written in a toilet." Listen less to the horrors of the "terrible totalitarian state."
By the way, regarding repressions and Stalin – he didn't necessarily have to be the leader of a socialist state; tyrants existed under any system. Do you think that such a person (and the scoundrels surrounding him) would have been gentle and kind under capitalism or some kind of democracy?