Stalin

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

/ ˈstɑ lɪn, -lin, ˈstæl ɪn; Russian 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.

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Examples from the Web for stalin

Stalin, now one of the top men in the party, was sent there by Lenin to ensure that grain was getting shipped to Moscow.
Kotkin Biography Reveals Stalin's Evil Pragmatism|William O’Connor|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A childhood friend of his, Ioseb Iremashvili, said Stalin “was devoted to only one person—his mother.”
Kotkin Biography Reveals Stalin's Evil Pragmatism|William O’Connor|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Later in life, Stalin would add one, and only one person, to his list of those he cared about.
Kotkin Biography Reveals Stalin's Evil Pragmatism|William O’Connor|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Stalin may not have written the Pravda piece himself—it was unsigned—but without question he had approved it.
When Stalin Met Lady Macbeth|Brian Moynahan|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In the event, in the long cat and mouse game that Stalin played with him, the cat did not pounce.
When Stalin Met Lady Macbeth|Brian Moynahan|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After Stalin, the Soviet leadership was taken up by a group of top party officials.
East-West Trade Trends|Harold E. Stassen
If Comrade Stalin could see that he would order one for each member of his harem.
Class of '29|Orrie Lashin and Milo Hastings
Hoxha did, however, pay lip service to the collective leadership principle enunciated in Moscow after Stalin's death.
Area Handbook for Albania|Eugene K. Keefe
Nikita Khrushchev should never have made those first motions of liberalization following Stalin's death.
Freedom|Dallas McCord Reynolds
You read Marx and Lenin and Stalin--makes you a revolutionist.
Class of '29|Orrie Lashin and Milo Hastings

British Dictionary definitions for stalin (1 of 2)

Stalin

/ (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

British Dictionary definitions for stalin (2 of 2)

Stalin

/ (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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Word Origin and History for stalin

Stalin

Russian, literally "steel," assumed name of Soviet Communist Party and Soviet Union leader Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (1879-1953). Cf. Molotov.

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