Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin (18 December 1878 – 5 March 1953) was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. In the years following Lenin's death in 1924, he rose to become the leader of the Soviet Union. Stalin launched a command economy, replacing the New Economic Policy of the 1920s with Five-Year Plans and launching a period of rapid industrialization and economic collectivization... more

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  • Dec 18, 1878

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  • Mar 5, 1953 (age 74 years)

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  • Apr 3, 1922
  • Mar 5, 1953

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of Soviet Union

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  • 1.676 m (5.499 ft )

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