Stalin

Sta·lin  (stäln, stln), Joseph Originally Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. 1879-1953.

Soviet politician. The successor of Lenin, he was general secretary of the Communist Party (1922-1953) and premier (1941-1953) of the USSR. His rule was marked by the exile of Trotsky (1929), a purge of the government and military, the forced collectivization of agriculture, a policy of industrialization, and a victorious but devastating role for the Soviets in World War II.

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Stalin [ˈstɑːlɪn]

n

1. (Placename) Also called Stalino a former name (from after the Revolution until 1961) of Donetsk

2. (Placename) the former name (1950-61) of Braşov

3. (Placename) the former name (1949-56) of Varna

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Stalin²

n

(Biographies / Stalin, Joseph (1879-1953) M, Russian, POLITICS: leader) Joseph. original name Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. 1879-1953, Soviet leader; general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-53). He succeeded Lenin as head of the party and created a totalitarian state, crushing all opposition, esp in the great purges of 1934-37. He instigated rapid industrialization and the collectivization of agriculture and established the Soviet Union as a world power

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Noun

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Stalin - Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953) Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, Joseph Stalin

Translations

Stalin [ˈstɑːlɪn] N → Stalin