Joseph Stalin - Wikipedia He held office as the General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1922 to 1952 and as the premier from 1941 until his death Despite initially governing the country as part of a collective leadership, he eventually consolidated power to become a dictator by the 1930s
Joseph Stalin | Biography, World War II, Death, Facts | Britannica Joseph Stalin, the controversial Soviet leader, wielded absolute power and implemented policies that transformed the USSR into a global superpower while leaving behind a legacy of repression and millions of lives lost
Joseph Stalin: Hero or murderer? - BBC Teach Stalin’s name meant "man of steel" and he lived up to it He oversaw the war machine that helped defeat Nazism and was the supreme ruler of the Soviet Union for a quarter of a century His regime
Josef Stalin - New World Encyclopedia Iosif Vissarionovič Stalin, born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, December 18, 1878 (O S December 6) [1] – March 5, 1953, usually transliterated Josef Stalin, consolidated power to become the absolute ruler of the Soviet Union between 1928 and his death in 1953
Joseph Stalin - Soviet Dictator, Age, Married, Children and War Joseph Stalin, born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili on December 18, 1879, in Gori, Georgia, emerged as a prominent figure in Soviet history After joining the revolutionary movement in the early 1900s, Stalin climbed the ranks of the Communist Party, eventually becoming General Secretary in 1922
Joseph Stalin - Wikiwand Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Soviet revolutionary and politician who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953 He held office as general secretary of the Communist Party from 1922 to 1952 and as premier from 1941 until his death
Joseph Stalin Biography - life, children, name, death, history, wife . . . The Soviet statesman Joseph Stalin was the supreme ruler of the Soviet Union He led his country alongside America and England through World War II (1939–45) in their fight against Germany, Italy and Japan As ruler of Russia, Stalin was the leader of world communism for almost thirty years
Josef Stalin, Soviet Dictator | Boiography, Death And Facts | HistoryExtra Josef Stalin was the longest-serving leader of the world’s first socialist state, the Soviet Union, one of the principal architects of the postwar order and among the most ruthless tyrants to have ever lived Undoubtedly, he was one of the 20th century’s most consequential figures