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  1. Joseph Stalin - Wikipedia

    He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1922 to 1952 and as the fourth premier from 1941 until his death. He initially governed as part of a collective leadership, but …

  2. Joseph Stalin | Biography, World War II, Death, & Facts - Britannica

    May 30, 2025 · Joseph Stalin, the controversial Soviet leader, wielded absolute power and implemented policies that transformed the USSR into a global superpower while leaving …

  3. Joseph Stalin - Encyclopedia.com

    May 23, 2018 · Joseph Stalin >The Soviet statesman Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) was the supreme ruler of the >Soviet Union [1] and the leader of world communism for almost 30 years.

  4. Josef Stalin - New World Encyclopedia

    Born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, Stalin became General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party in 1922. Following the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924, he successfully maneuvered to …

  5. Joseph Stalin - Soviet Dictator, Age, Married, Children and War

    Dec 23, 2024 · Joseph Stalin, born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili on December 18, 1879, in Gori, Georgia, emerged as a prominent figure in Soviet history. After joining the revolutionary …

  6. Josef Stalin | Holocaust Encyclopedia

    A leader of the Bolshevik Revolution, Josef Stalin (1879-1953) became the General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party as well as the head of the Soviet state. Stalin held extraordinary …

  7. Who Was Joseph Stalin? What Did He Do? - WorldAtlas

    Jul 15, 2019 · He is the man credited for catapulting the former Soviet Union from a dirt poor rural country to a Super Power capable of challenging the United States hegemony. He is also …

  8. JOSEPH STALIN - HISTORY CRUNCH

    Joseph Stalin is one of the most famous dictators from the 20th century. He ruled over the Soviet Union as a communist dictator from 1924 until his death in 1953. As such, Stalin led the Soviet …

  9. Joseph Stalin - Facts, Quotes & World War II - Biography

    Apr 3, 2014 · Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union for more than two decades, instituting a reign of death and terror while modernizing Russia and helping to defeat Nazism.

  10. Biography: Joseph Stalin - PBS

    The man who turned the Soviet Union from a backward country into a world superpower at unimaginable human cost. Stalin was born into a dysfunctional family in a poor village in Georgia.

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