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Joseph Stalin
premier of Soviet Union
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- Russian in full:
- Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin
- Original name (Georgian):
- Ioseb Dzhugashvili
- Title / Office:
- prime minister (1941-1953), Soviet Union
- Political Affiliation:
- Bolshevik
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party
- Notable Family Members:
- daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva
Recent News
Jan. 27, 2024, 11:21 PM ET (The Hindu)
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Jan. 26, 2024, 9:02 AM ET (The Hindu)
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Jan. 21, 2024, 1:01 AM ET (AP)
A century after Lenin's death, the USSR's founder seems to be an afterthought in modern Russia
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Joseph Stalin (born December 18 [December 6, Old Style], 1878, Gori, Georgia, Russian Empire [see Researcher’s Note] —died March 5, 1953, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–53) and premier of the Soviet state (1941–53), who for a quarter of a century dictatorially ruled the Soviet Union and transformed it into a major world power. During the quarter of a century preceding his death, the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin probably exercised greater political power than any other figure in history. Stalin industrialized the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, forcibly collectivized its agriculture, consolidated his ...(100 of 4042 words)