| Joseph Stalin Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин |
| Leader of the Soviet Union,
1922-1953
Lived, December 18, 1878-March 5, 1953 Click on an image to enlarge it and to read an informative description. |
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Joseph Stalin was born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili (1878)
in what is now the independent country of Georgia, in the
Caucasus. Stalin led the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics) from, essentially, the death of Vladimir Lenin in
1924, until his own death in 1953. He is reviled for his harsh
rule, which saw millions die of starvation and thousands sent to
gulags. |
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