American
[stah -lin, -leen, stal -in, stah -lyin]
/ ˈstɑ lɪn, -lin, ˈstæl ɪn, ˈstɑ lyɪn /
noun
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
1
British
/ ˈstɑːlɪn /
noun
Also called: Stalino .
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
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Stalin
2
British
/ ˈstɑːlɪn /
noun
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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2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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And in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, veteran politician MK Stalin was trailing, challenged by a political debutante -- film star C. Joseph Vijay.
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Barron's
Stalin also urged party workers and supporters to fly black flags at their homes.
From
BBC
And yet, as Daniela Gerson observes in “The Wanderers,” the survival stories of the Jewish refugees under Stalin remain largely unfamiliar.
From
The Wall Street Journal
An elderly man is tasked with burning the inmates’ letters to Stalin pleading to have their appeals heard.
From
Los Angeles Times
He didn’t actually have anything to gain from another treaty with Stalin, and he was annoyed with the nitpicking negotiation.
From
"A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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