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Joseph Stalin

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Sta⋅lin

  [stah-lin, -leen, stal-in; Russ. stah-lyin]
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–noun
1. Joseph V. (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili), 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
2. a former name of Donetsk.
3. former name of Varna.
4. former name of Braşov.
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Sta·lin   (stä'lĭn, stāl'ĭn)   
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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