sh-vee-lee; Russ. joo-guh-shvyee-lyi]
Io⋅sif Vis⋅sa⋅ri⋅o⋅no⋅vich [Russ. yaw-syif-vyi-suh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] . Stalin, Joseph. |
| iosif vissarionovich dzhugashvili | |
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] |