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It's worse, he really hated the Soviet Union and used any tiny excuse or premise he could invent as an opportunity to "criticize" it, including during WW2 (notably, he did not do this to the fascists of the time). You can tell because he truly tortures the plot and setting of 1984 to make sure you couldn't possibly mistake the antagonists for fascists or any other ideology than his warped view of the USSR. If you haven't read the Isaac Asimov review of 1984, it's worth reading. He makes this point a lot better than I could.
The review you mentioned, in case anyone wants to read it.
I know that everyone here is probably already aware of this but, on the odd chance that someone isn't already, did you know that Orwell not only straight up plagiarised the concept for the story of Animal Farm but he also decided that, instead of the story being an anti-nazi, it would be better if it was an anti-Soviet parable instead?