Joseph Stalin Military Commander
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: Soviet Union
- Born: Dec 18, 1878
- Died: Mar 5, 1953
Joseph Stalin or Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953.
Among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who took part in the Russian Revolution of 1917, Stalin was appointed general secretary of the party's Central Committee in 1922. He subsequently managed to consolidate power following the 1924 death of Vladimir Lenin through suppressing Lenin's criticisms and expanding the functions of his role, all the while eliminating any opposition. He remained general secretary until the post was abolished in 1952, concurrently serving as the Premier of the Soviet Union from 1941 onward.
Under Stalin's rule, the concept of "socialism in one country" became a central tenet of Soviet society. He replaced the New Economic Policy introduced by Lenin in the early 1920s with a highly centralised command economy, launching a period of industrialization and collectivization that resulted in the rapid transformation of the USSR from an agrarian society into an industrial power. However, the economic changes coincided with the imprisonment of millions of people in correctional labour camps.
One death is a tragedy one million is a statistic.
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I trust no one, not even myself.
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I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.
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Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem.
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The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.
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If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.
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Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.
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Death solves all problems - no man, no problem.
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In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.
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The only real power comes out of a long rifle.
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History shows that there are no invincible armies.
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