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Stalin

American  
[stah-lin, -leen, stal-in, stah-lyin] / ˈstɑ lɪn, -lin, ˈstæl ɪn, ˈstɑ lyɪn /

noun

  1. 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.

  2. a former name of Donetsk.

  3. former name of Varna.

  4. former name of Braşov.

Stalin 1 British  
/ ˈstɑːlɪn /

noun

  1. Also called: Stalino.  a former name (from after the Revolution until 1961) of Donetsk

  2. the former name (1950–61) of Braşov

  3. the former name (1949–56) of Varna

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Stalin 2 British  
/ ˈstɑːlɪn /

noun

  1. 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

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Even after the death of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in 1953, the stigma attached to former PoWs did not disappear overnight.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

And in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, veteran politician MK Stalin was trailing, challenged by a political debutante -- film star C. Joseph Vijay.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

According to Winston Churchill, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin once sarcastically asked a French diplomat: “The pope! How many divisions has he got?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

An elderly man is tasked with burning the inmates’ letters to Stalin pleading to have their appeals heard.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Just one week before Germany invaded Poland, Hitler and Stalin had signed a nonaggression pact, in which they agreed not to attack each other.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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