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Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jughashvili; 18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union from the mid–1920s until 1953 as the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1952) and premier of the Soviet Union (1941–1953). Despite initially governing the Soviet Union as part of a collective leadership, he eventually consolidated power to become the country's de facto dictator by the 1930s. A communist ideologically committed to the Leninist interpretation of Marxism, Stalin formalised these ideas as Marxism–Leninism, while his own policies are known as Stalinism.

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The Eastern Bloc until 1989
The Eastern Bloc until 1989
Ribbentrop and Stalin at the signing of the Pact
Ribbentrop and Stalin at the signing of the Pact
Famine in USSR, 1933. Areas of most disastrous famine marked with black.
Famine in USSR, 1933. Areas of most disastrous famine marked with black.
The Big Three: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Stalin at the Yalta Conference, February 1945.
The Big Three: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Stalin at the Yalta Conference, February 1945.
Ekaterina "Kato" Svanidze, Stalin's first wife
Ekaterina "Kato" Svanidze, Stalin's first wife
Stalin and Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Stalin's second wife
Stalin and Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Stalin's second wife
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, U.S. President Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference, July 1945.
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, U.S. President Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference, July 1945.
Prior to the revolution of 1917, Stalin played an active role in fighting the tsarist government. Here he is shown on a 1911 information card from the files of the Russian police in Saint Petersburg.[22]
Prior to the revolution of 1917, Stalin played an active role in fighting the tsarist government. Here he is shown on a 1911 information card from the files of the Russian police in Saint Petersburg.[22]
Children are digging up frozen potatoes in the field of a collective farm, 1933
Children are digging up frozen potatoes in the field of a collective farm, 1933
The Big Three: Stalin, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Tehran Conference, November 1943.
The Big Three: Stalin, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Tehran Conference, November 1943.
Stalin's Grave in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis
Stalin's Grave in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis
A group of participants in the 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party, 1919. In the middle are Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, and Mikhail Kalinin.
A group of participants in the 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party, 1919. In the middle are Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, and Mikhail Kalinin.
Planned and actual territorial changes in Eastern and Central Europe 1939–1940 (click to enlarge)
Planned and actual territorial changes in Eastern and Central Europe 1939–1940 (click to enlarge)
With all the men at the Front, Moscow women dig anti-tank trenches around Moscow in 1941.
With all the men at the Front, Moscow women dig anti-tank trenches around Moscow in 1941.
Stalin and Molotov on the signing of the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact with the Empire of Japan, 1941
Stalin and Molotov on the signing of the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact with the Empire of Japan, 1941
The center of Stalingrad after liberation, February 2, 1943.
The center of Stalingrad after liberation, February 2, 1943.
Stalin and Vladimir Lenin in 1919.
Stalin and Vladimir Lenin in 1919.
Victorious Soviet soldiers in Berlin, 1945.
Victorious Soviet soldiers in Berlin, 1945.
Stalin on building of Moscow-Volga canal. It was constructed from 1932 to 1937 by Gulag prisoners.
Stalin on building of Moscow-Volga canal. It was constructed from 1932 to 1937 by Gulag prisoners.
  
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