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Stalin

[ stah-lin, -leen, stal-in; Russian stah-lyin ]

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Joseph V. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili, 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
a former name of Donetsk.
former name of Varna.
former name of Braşov.

Stalin

/ ˈstɑːlɪn /

StalinJoseph18791953MRussianPOLITICS: leader Joseph . original name Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili . 1879–1953, Soviet leader; general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–53). He succeeded Lenin as head of the party and created a totalitarian state, crushing all opposition, esp in the great purges of 1934–37. He instigated rapid industrialization and the collectivization of agriculture and established the Soviet Union as a world power

Stalin

/ ˈstɑːlɪn /

Also calledStalino a former name (from after the Revolution until 1961) of Donetsk
the former name (1950–61) of Braşov
the former name (1949–56) of Varna

Stalin, now one of the top men in the party, was sent there by Lenin to ensure that grain was getting shipped to Moscow.

A childhood friend of his, Ioseb Iremashvili, said Stalin “was devoted to only one person—his mother.”

Later in life, Stalin would add one, and only one person, to his list of those he cared about.

Few sore losers could wield sharp words quite like Leon Trotsky, especially when talking about Joseph Stalin.

Stalin may not have written the Pravda piece himself—it was unsigned—but without question he had approved it.

Ye've been stalin a pauper—a pair iv 'em, faith—an' ye must answer fur it wid yer life to owld Belcher.

They aim to pull Joe Stalin off his clinker-picking job and make him secretary here.

He insisted that what little he might be able to tell Stalin wouldn't help at all.

And there will be an expression of deep sorrow from Premier Joseph Stalin, too.

Not even Hearst has accused Stalin of irregularity in his private life.

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