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Joseph Stalin
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Joseph Stalin
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| image = CroppedStalin1943.jpg
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| 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
(contracted; show full) In the subsequent [[World War II]], Stalin stayed neutral but signed a deal of peace with [[Germany]]'s leader [[Adolf Hitler]].  He then led 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|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]].
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Stalin was born as '''Ioseb Besarionis dze Jugashvili''', or '''Iosif Dzhugashvili'''. He adopted the name "Stalin" later.
* In {{lang-ru|link=no|Ио́сиф Виссарио́нович Ста́лин}} - {{transl|ru|Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin}}; born {{lang|ru|Джугашвили}} - {{transl|ru|Dzhugashvili}}.
* In {{lang-ka|იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე ჯუღაშვილი}} - {{transl|ka|Ioseb Jughashvili}}
* {{Audio|ru-Stalin.ogg|Joseph Stalin}}

==Early life==
(contracted; show full)[[Category:Soviet politicians]]
[[Category:Time People of the Year]]
[[Category:World War II people]]
[[Category:1878 births]]
[[Category:1953 deaths]]

{{Cold War figures}}
{{Time Persons of the Year 1927–1950}}