He held office as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1922 to 1952 and as premier from 1941 until his death. Despite initially governing the country as part of a collective …

Dec 14, 2025 · Joseph Stalin, the controversial Soviet leader, wielded absolute power and implemented policies that transformed the USSR into a global superpower while leaving …

Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) The man who turned the Soviet Union from a backward country into a world superpower at unimaginable human cost.

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin[e] [f] (né Dzhugashvili; [g] 18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet revolutionary and politician who led the Soviet Union from 1924 …

Born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, Stalin became General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party in 1922. Following the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924, he successfully maneuvered to …

Stalin, Joseph (1879–1953), Soviet statesman. Joseph Stalin was the supreme ruler of the Soviet Union and the leader of world communism for almost 30 years.

Dec 23, 2024 · 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 …

May 31, 2025 · Read how Joseph Stalin rose from General Secretary to Soviet leader by mastering party politics and eliminating rivals after Lenin’s death.

Nov 12, 2009 · Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953. Through terror, murder, brutality and mass impr...

At that period Joseph Dzhugashvili became “Stalin” and the first scientific work by him “Marxism and the Problem of Nationalities” was published under this pseudonym.