Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin
Иосиф Сталин(Roushie) იოსებ სტალინი(Georgie)
Stalin in 1937
General secretaro theCentral Committeeo theCommunist Pairty o the Soviet Union
In office 3 Apryle 1922 – 16 October 1952
Precedit bi	Vyacheslav Molotov (asResponsible Secretar)
Succeedit bi	Nikita Khrushchev (office reestablished)
Chairmano theCooncil o Meenisters
In office 6 Mey 1941 – 5 Mairch 1953
First Deputies	Nikolai Voznesensky Vyacheslav Molotov
Precedit bi	Vyacheslav Molotov
Succeedit bi	Georgy Malenkov
Fowkcommissar for Defence o the Soviet Union
In office 19 Julie 1941 – 25 Februar 1946
Premier	Hissel
Precedit bi	Semyon Timoshenko
Succeedit bi	Nikolai Bulganin after vacancy
Member o theSecretariat
In office 3 April 1922 – 5 March 1953
Full member o thePresidium
In office 25 Mairch 1919 – 5 Mairch 1953
Member of theOrgburo
In office 16 Januar 1919 – 5 Mairch 1953
Personal details
Born	18 December 1878(1878-12-18) Gori,Tiflis Govrenorate,Roushie Empire
Dee'd	5 Mairch 1953(1953-03-05)(aged 74) Kuntsevo Dacha,Kuntsevo,Roushie SFSR,Soviet Union
Restin place	Lenin's Mausoleum,Moscow,Roushie SFSR,Soviet Union(9 Mairch 1953 – 31 October 1961) Kremlin Waw Necropolis,Moscow, Roushie (frae 31 October 1961)
Naitionality	Georgie
Poleetical pairty	Communist Pairty o the Soviet Union
Spoose(s)	Ekaterina Svanidze(1906–1907) Nadezhda Alliluyeva(1919–1932)
Bairns	Yakov Dzhugashvili,Vasily Dzhugashvili,Svetlana Alliluyeva
Religion	Nane (atheist), umwhileGeorgie Orthodox
Awairds
Signatur
Militar service
Eikname(s)	Koba
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/brainch	Soviet Airmit Forces
Years o service	1943–1953
Rank	Mairshal o the Soviet Union(1943–1945) Generalissimus o the Soviet Union(1945–1953)
Commands	Aw(supreme commander)
Battles/wars	Warld War II

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin(18 December 1879 – 5 Mairch 1953) wis aSovietpoliteecian an heid o state who servit as thefirst General Secretar o the Communist Pairty o the Soviet Union'sCentral Committeefrae 1922 till his daith in 1953. Efter the daith oVladimir Leninin 1924, Stalin rase tae acome the leader o theSoviet Union,which he ruled as adictator.

Stalin launcht acommand economy,replacin theNew Economic Policyo the 1920s wiFive-Year Plansan launchin a period o rapidindustrializationaneconomic collectivization.The upheaval in the agricultural sector disruptit fuid production, resultin inwidespread faimin,includin the catastrophicSoviet faimin o 1932–1933(kent inUkraineas theHolodomor).

Durin the late 1930s, Stalin launcht theGreat Purge(cried the "Great Terror" an aa), a campaign taepurge the Communist Pairtyo fowk accuised o sabotage, terrorism, or treachery; he extendit it taethe militaryan ither sectors o Soviet society. In practice, the purges wur indiscriminate. Targets wur aften executit, impreesoned inGulag labor campsor exiled. In the years which follaed, millions o members oethnic minoritieswurdeportitan aw.

In 1939 Stalin entered intae anon-aggression pact wi Nazi Germany,follaed bi theSoviet invasion o Poland,Finland,theBaltics,Bessarabiean northrenBukovinae.Efter Germanyviolatit the pactin 1941, the Soviet Unionjynt the Allies tae play an important role in the Axis defeat,at the cost othe lairgest daith tollfor ony kintra in the war (maistly due tae the mass daiths o civilians in territories occupeed bi Germany). Efter the war, Stalin instawed subservient communist govrenments in maist kintras in Eastren Europe, formin theEastren bloc,ahint wha wis referred tae as an "Airn Curtain"o Soviet rule durin theCauld War.

Stalin fostered acult o personalityaroond hissel, but efter his daith, his successor,Nikita Khrushchev,denoonced his legacy an drove the process ode-Stalinizationo the Soviet Union.