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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.

Bra⋅şov

[brah-shawv]
–noun
a city in central Romania. 299,172.
Formerly, Stalin.
Hungarian, Brassó.
German, Kronstadt.

Do⋅netsk

[duh-netsk; Russ. duh-nyetsk]
–noun
a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin. 1,021,000.
Formerly, Stalin, Stalino, Yuzovka.

Var⋅na

[vahr-nuh]
–noun
a seaport in NE Bulgaria, on the Black Sea. 186,591.
Formerly, Stalin.
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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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