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Josef Stalin

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин; born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili, Georgian: იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე ჯუღაშვილი, Russian: Ио́сиф Виссарио́нович Джугашви́ли) was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953, effectively ruling the country with dictatorial control.

Stalin led the USSR through its period of industrialisation, which would become the fastest in history, surpassing Germany and Japan.

On the ideological front, he developed the theory of Socialism in One Country.


“Take some exercise, try to recover the look of a human being.”
Josef Stalin
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“People who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.”
Josef Stalin
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“When there's a person, there's a problem. When there's no person, there's no problem.”
Josef Stalin
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