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- Birth Name: Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
- Born: December 21, 1878 in Gori, Georgia, Russia
- Leader of the U.S.S.R. from 1928 to 1953
- Political party: Communist
- 3 wives: Rosa Kaganovich, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Ekaterina Svanidze
- Died: March 5, 1953
- Stalin means "man of steel"
- His son Yakov and wife Alliluyeva are suspected of committing suicide
- Physically abused by his alcoholic father
- Inspired by the writings of Vladimir Lenin
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Joseph Stalin is a former Soviet dictator and former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee. He lead the soviet union from 1924 to 1957, until his death. He modernized infrastructure, and prepared the nation for World War II. He is criticized for causing famines due to farm collectivization and being a ruthless leader. He is credited with making the USSR a superpower. He remains one of the most known figures of Russia, even though he was Georgian.
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Timeline
- 1894: Receives scholarship to Tbilisi Theological Seminary
- 1903: Inspired by Lenin, becomes a Bolshevik
- 1919: Elected political commissar of Red Army
- 1929: Following Bolshevik victory in Civil War and Lenin's death, Stalin becomes dictator of USSR
- 1936-1938: The "Great Purge"
- 1945: Nazis retreat from Russia, Stalin establishes "Iron Curtain" over Eastern Europe
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The Great Purge
During the so-called Great Purge that was set in motion during the 1930s, Stalin brutally eliminated all potential political rivals to maintain a complete hold on his dictatorship in the USSR. The campaign, sometimes referred to as the "Soviet Holocaust" or "The Great Terror," has death estimates ranging from around 700,000 into the millions. There is no known exact number of people killed. -
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What is Stalin's history of 40 million deaths in the Kuluk's? 1 AnswerThis Soviet propaganda poster reads: "We will smite the kulak who agitates for reducing cultivated acreage". http://soviethistory.org/images/Large/1929/pi170.j... read more
Did Stalin gain industrial military at the cost of 50 million people lives? 1 AnswerStalin had those people killed to secure his power base. It actually hurt them badly when he pured his military of good officers. read more
Joseph Acaba has just become the first Puerto Rican to go to space. Who have been other minority firsts in space? 5 AnswersFirst female in space: Laika the Dog--1957, Sputnik II (Soviet) First woman in space: Valentina Tereshkova--1963, Soyuz 6 (Soviet) interesting: in 196... read more
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Joseph Stalin Timeline
- December 18, 1878: born
- 1907: Attends the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
- 1917: Is the editor of Pravda
- 1917-1923: Serves as People's Commisar of Nationalities Affairs
- 1922: Is made General Secretary of the Bolsheviks
- 1930: Writes Dizzy With Success
- 1936-1938: Achieves absolute power during the Great Purge
- 1939: Prepares the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with Nazi Germany
- 1940: Katyn Massacre kills 25,000 Polish activists
- 1941: Meets with Winston Churchill and Roosevelt to plan his military strategy
- 1948: Supports the creation of Israel
- 1950: Signs the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship
- March 5, 1953: dies under suspicious circumstances
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Photo: thousandflowerettes:crapstone: Joseph Stalin, 1902... http://tumblr.com/xth4617cl
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Judaism is oppression for behind every oppession there is a Jewish snout, including ADOLF Hitler and JOSEPH Stalin.
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Take a look at this quote - Joseph Stalin: The only real power comes out of a long rifle. http://76k.com/q/gzs0yv
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@rainnwilson when i first saw this in stores, i wants entirely convinced it was real. Its like if Tim Burton designed Joseph Stalin.
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A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. -Joseph Stalin (1879 - 1953)
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