He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1952) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1941– ...
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Born: Gori, Georgia
Died: March 5, 1953, Kuntsevo Dacha
Children: Vasily Stalin, Yakov Dzhugashvili, Svetlana Alliluyeva, and more
Spouse: Nadezhda Alliluyeva (m. 1919–1932) and Kato Svanidze (m. 1906–1907)
Full name: Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
Nationality: Georgian, Russian, and Soviet
The man who turned the Soviet Union from a backward country into a world superpower at unimaginable human cost. Stalin was born into a dysfunctional family ...