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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Joseph Stalin
| birthname =
| image = CroppedStalin1943.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption =
| office       = [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|General secretary]] of the [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Central Committee]] of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]
| term_start   = 3 April 1922
| term_end     = 16 October 1952
| predecessor  = [[Vyacheslav Molotov]]<br /><small>(as [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Responsible Secretary]])</small>
| successor    = [[Nikita Khrushchev]]<br /><small>(office reestablished)</small>
| office2      = [[Premier of the Soviet Union|Chairman]] of the [[Council of Ministers (Soviet Union)|Council of Ministers]]
| 1blankname2  = [[First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union|First&nbsp;Deputies]]
| 1namedata2   = [[Nikolai Voznesensky]]<br />[[Vyacheslav Molotov]]
| term_start2  = 6 May 1941
| term_end2    = 5 March 1953
| predecessor2 = [[Vyacheslav Molotov]]
| successor2   = [[Georgy Malenkov]]
| office3      = [[Minister of Defence (Soviet Union)|People's Commissar for Defense of the Soviet Union]]
| premier3     = Himself
| term_start3  = 19 July 1941
| term_end3    = 25 February 1946
| predecessor3 = [[Semyon Timoshenko]]
| successor3   = [[Nikolai Bulganin]]<br /><small>after vacancy</small>
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1878|12|18|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Gori, Georgia|Gori]], [[Tiflis Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1953|3|5|1878|12|18|df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Kuntsevo Dacha]], [[Kuntsevo]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| resting_place = [[Kremlin Wall Necropolis]], Moscow (from 31 October 1961)
| party = [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]
| nationality = [[Georgians|Georgian]]
| spouse = [[Ekaterina Svanidze]] (1906–1907)<br />[[Nadezhda Alliluyeva]] (1919–1932)
}}
'''Joseph Stalin''' (or '''Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin'''; 18 December 1878 &nbsp;– 5 March 1953) was the leader of the [[Soviet Union]] from 1922 until his death. He was a [[totalitarian]] ruler, and stayed in power by removing anyone he thought might be a threat to him. His ideas and [[wikt:policy|policies]] turned the Soviet Union into a powerful, modern nation, the largest on Earth. It also led to the deaths of millions of people.<ref name=bbc/> His form of government was later called [[Stalinism]]. Stalin [[Invasion of Poland|invaded Poland]] on 18 September 1939. In the subsequent [[World War II]], Stalin stayed neutral but signed a deal of peace with [[Germany]]'s leader [[Adolf Hitler]]. He then fought a bloody war after Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The end of the war saw Stalin gain control of all [[Eastern Europe]] including [[East Germany|a part of Germany]]. There, a series of loyal [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] [[single-party state]]s were set up, extending his power and determining the Soviet Union's position as a [[superpower]].

Stalin replaced [[Vladimir Lenin]] as leader of the Soviet Union. 

==Stalin's name==
russians are evil
he also had no dick

==Early life==
dropped on his head as a achild

==Revolutionary==⏎
MAX IS GAYYY

==Secretary==
he enjoyed anal tearings from his sexy secretary called wicktor

==Collectivization==
whoever wrote that is gonna be shot
i did
fuck you

you would like that woul;dnt you

==World War II==
[[File:Marshall Stalin.jpg|thumb|left|1941 War propaganda portrait of '''Stalin'''.]]
Stalin cooperated with [[Hitler]] before the [[World War II]] and finally in 1939 they both made an agreement to conquer [[Poland]] and divide it between themselves. This is how [[World War II]] broke out.

But later on, in 1941, [[Hitler]] turned against Stalin and attacked the Soviet Union, trying to conquer it. After this happened, the USSR began working with the Allies to defeat [[Germany]]. In the end, Germany lost, but the USSR had more casualties than any other country during the war.

When the World War II was over, the Soviet [[army]] ended up occupying many countries in Europe, such as [[Poland]], [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Hungary]], and part of [[Germany]], imposing [[Marxism-Leninism]] on these countries.

Stalin continued to rule over the Soviet Union until he died. Stalin also militarized Russia by focusing the country's time and energy towards weapons, vehicles, and the armed forces. 

Stalin died on March 5, 1953. It was officially said to be because of a [[stroke]].<ref name=bbc/> In 2003, however, a group of Russian and American historians said that they believed Stalin had been poisoned with [[warfarin]], possibly by the men who took over the government after Stalin died.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.pravda.ru/history/29-12-2005/9457-stalin-0/|title=Secret documents reveal Stalin was poisoned|date=29 December 2005|work=PRAVDA.Ru}}</ref> Led by [[Lavrentiy Beria]], these were [[Nikita Khrushchev]] and [[Georgy Malenkov]]. The three of them began a process called "De-Stalinization", which meant taking apart much of the political system that Stalin made. Stalin was denounced as a tyrant, however, after outsmarting and defeating his rivals, Krushchev established a personal control over the government comparable to Stalin's own, even if he never went as far in murdering millions of people. 

Stalin is a very [[controversy|controverisal]] figure in history. Many historians see him as a ruthless dictator, while others praise him as the Father of the Soviet State.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marxists.org/archive/gallacher/1953/04/stalin.htm|title=CPGB: Tribute to Stalin|publisher=www.marxists.org|accessdate=2009-03-27|last=|first=}}
</ref> He has been criticized for his role in the [[Holodomor]]. A recent poll in Russia (2008) listed him as the third most popular person in Russian history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24852196-5013016,00.html|title=Dictator Josef Stalin third most popular Russian figure | The Courier-Mail|publisher=www.news.com.au|accessdate=2009-03-27|last=|first=}}</ref> In 2006, a poll stated that almost half the adults in Russia thought Joseph Stalin was a good person.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/61367/sarah-e-mendelson-and-theodore-p-gerber/failing-the-stalin-test |title=Failing the Stalin Test | Foreign Affairs |work=foreignaffairs.com
 |accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Walker, Shaun|date=14 May 2008|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-big-question-why-is-stalin-still-popular-in-russia-despite-the-brutality-of-his-regime-827654.html|title=The Big Question: Why is Stalin still popular in Russia, despite the brutality of his regime?|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=23 August 2008}}</ref>

==Other pages==
* [[Vladimir Lenin]]
* [[Tikhon Khrennikov]]
* [[Leon Trotsky]]

==References==
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| before= Post created<br /><small>Previous party leader: [[Vladimir Lenin]]</small> 
| title = General Secretary of the [[Soviet Communist Party]] 
| years = 1922–1953 
| after = [[Nikita Krushchev]]}}
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| before = [[Vyacheslav Molotov]] 
| title = Prime Minister of the [[Soviet Union]] 
| years = 1941–1953 
| after = [[George Malenkov]]}}
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