04/09/2019 · Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union for more than two decades, instituting a reign of death and terror while modernizing Russia and helping to …

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 …

Early Life. Joseph Stalin was born on December 18, 1878 in Gori, Georgia, which was then a small town in the Russian empire (he later invented a new birth date for himself: December 21, 1879). His birth name was Iosef Vissarionovich Djugashvili, but he changed his name to Stalin in his 30s, which is Russian for "man of steel."

Joseph Stalin, Russian in full Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin, original name (Georgian) Ioseb Dzhugashvili, (born December 18 [December 6, Old Style], 1878, Gori, Georgia, Russian Empire [see Researcher’s Note] —died March 5, 1953, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.), secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–53) and premier of the Soviet state (1941–53), …

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, the controversial Russian dictator, was born in Georgia in the Russian Empire in the later part of the nineteenth century into a poor family. Drawn early in his life to the ideals of Vladimir Lenin, he joined Bolsheviks almost at its inception and very soon made a place for himself with his organizational capability, playing an important role during the …

04/08/2021 · Joseph Stalin in 1935 (Image: Wikimedia Commons) J oseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili — Stalin (1878-1953) was one of the most powerful men in history. He was a dictator of the Soviet Union, which was a world superpower.

25/05/2015 · He gained the nickname “Uncle Joe” which was an attempt to develop an image of a kind, homely man who was the ‘father’ of all Russians. This was all called “Social Realism”. Those who wrote poems and novels had to do the same – write about Stalin in a manner which gloried him. Some artists and authors were so depressed by all this that they committed suicide rather …

30/01/2022 · Stalin’s early life started out rough right from the beginning. Born on December 18, 1878, in Gori, Georgia, then part of the Russian Empire, Stalin was born into poverty as the son of an alcoholic failing shoemaker and a housemaid. In his youth, his father often beat him.