Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician. He ruled the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Widely considered one of the 20th century’s most significant figures, Stalin was the subject of a pervasive personality cult. He was eventually succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev, who denounced him and initiated the de-Stalinisation...