Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin (born Iosef Besarionis dze Jughashvili, Georgian: იოსებ ბესრიონის ძე ჯუღაშვილი  – 18 December 1878  – 5 March 1953) was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. In the years following Lenin's death in 1924, he rose to become the leader of the Soviet Union. Stalin launched a...

Date of birth:

  • Dec 18, 1878

Profession:

Date of death:

  • 1953

Also known as:

  • Stalin

Joseph Stalin Quotes

  • “ One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic.

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