Joseph Stalin

[stah-lin, -leen, stal-in; Russ. stah-lyin]

Sta·lin

[stah-lin, -leen, stal-in; Russ. stah-lyin]
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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joseph stalin

noun
Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953) [syn: Stalin
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