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Joseph Stalin
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| 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
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| 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 replaced [[Vladimir Lenin]] as leader of the Soviet Union.  Stalin was a [[totalitarian]] ruler, and stayed in power by removing anyone he thought might be a threat to him. His 
die 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]]. 

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[[Category:World War II people]]
[[Category:1878 births]]
[[Category:1953 deaths]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin]]

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