joseph stalin

     

Joseph Stalin (born as Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili ) (December 18, 1878 – March 5, 1953) (Russian: Иосиф Сталин; Georgian: იოსებ სტალინი) was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his eath in 1953. During that time he established the regime now known as Stalinism. As one of several Central Committee Secretariats, Stalin's formal position was originally limited in scope, but he gradually consolidated power and became the de facto party leader and dictator of the Soviet Union.

Trivia about joseph stalin

  • Truman, referring to this man, said, "I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But a prisoner of the Politburo"
  • Though Grolier's Encyclopedia refers to him as "intellectually unimpressive", he ruled the USSR from 1929 to 1953
  • In 1967 his daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva made big news when she defected to the U.S.
  • Ukraine-born composer Prokofiev lost some headlines by dying March 4, 1953, the day before this leader
  • This dictator died March 5, 1953
  • This world leader's real name was Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
  • The death of this Soviet premier on March 5, 1953 probably accelerated the end of the conflict
  • In 1946 this dictator said the world was divided into "two camps" & war was inevitable while capitalism existed
  • After his death in March 1953, this world leader was embalmed & put on display
  • In George Orwell's "1984", Big Brother represents this Soviet dictator
  • Seen here, he ruled the USSR for over a third of its history
  • After Russia became our "friend", he was referred to in the press as "Uncle Joe"
  • After 8 years, this man's mummified corpse was removed from public display in Red Square Oct. 31, 1961
  • Premier of the Soviet Union:1941-1953
  • Born Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashivili in 1879, died suddenly under a different name in 1953
  • When his name was removed from a once-besieged city, he spun right out of Lenin's tomb & into a humbler grave
  • On Dec. 21, 1879 near Tbilisi, Georgia, Ekaterina Djugashvili gave birth to the future leader who went by this name
  • This dictator was born on December 21, 1879 in the city of Gori, Georgia
  • Created in 1949, the peace prize bearing this man's name was renamed the Lenin Prize in 1956

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