Stalin was born into a dysfunctional family in a poor. He led his country alongside america and england through world war ii 193945 in their fight against germany, italy and japan. Deutsher writes this essentially political biography, with what i think is the insight of a former believer but without the bitterness or. As ruler of russia, stalin was the leader of world communism for almost thirty years. Joseph stalin books and biography free pdf books from bookyards, one of the worlds first online libraries to offer ebooks to be downloaded for free. Explore the life of leon trotsky, whose intellect and leadership made him a change agent during the russian revolution, only to lose favor with lenin and incur the wrath of joseph stalin.
Stalin for good or for bad was a colossus of the 20th century. Leon trotsky 18791940 was a russian marxist and leading figure in the russian revolution of 1917. Second, only to lenin, trotsky was a key figure in the russian civil war and the formative years of the soviet union. Learn about his younger years, his rise to power and his brutal reign that caused. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements and other facts about his life. Joseph stalin 18781953 was the dictator of the union of soviet socialist republics ussr from 1929 to 1953. Joseph stalin biography life, children, name, death.
Stalin iosif o jossif vissarionovich dzhugashvili, tambien llamado josef o joseph stalin. Joseph stalin 18 december 1878 5 march 1953 was the premier of the soviet union from 6 may 1941 until his death in 5 march 1953. Joseph vissarionovich stalin, the controversial russian dictator, was. Stalin and his repressive regime 19221953 high school. Stalin presided over the industrialisation of soviet economy and was the supreme war leader during the second world war.
How did joseph stalin use propaganda to manipulate people. The soviet statesman joseph stalin was the supreme ruler of the soviet union. Even as millions of nazi troops massed on his border, soviet leader joseph stalin remained convinced that adolf hitler wouldnt betray him. Joseph vissarionovich stalin born ioseb besarionis dz djugashvili. Stalins propaganda was characterized by what is sometimes called a personality cult, or cult of. Stalin and his repressive regime 19221953 high school curriculum author. Joseph stalin was the dictator of the union of soviet socialist republics ussr. New jersey commission on holocaust education created date. Joseph stalin rose to power as general secretary of the communist party in russia, becoming a soviet dictator after the death of vladimir lenin.
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