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Joseph Stalin

premier of Soviet Union
Also known as: Ioseb Dzhugashvili, Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin(Show More)
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Former Lecturer in Russian, University of Oxford. Author of Chekhov: A Biographical and Critical Study; Russian Writers and Society; Nihilists; and others; editor and translator of The Oxford...
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Joseph Stalin (born December 18 [December 6, Old Style], 1878, Gori, Georgia, Russian Empire [see Researcherā€™s Note] ā€”died March 5, 1953, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was the secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922ā€“53) and premier of the Soviet state (1941ā€“53), who for a quarter of a century dictatorially ruled the Soviet Union and transformed it into a major world power. Quick Facts Full name (Russian): Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin Original name (Georgian): Ioseb...

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