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    information should be taken lightly and not used for important papers. Joseph Stalin is best known as the totalitarian dictator of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953. He was responsible for the killings of an estimated 60 million people, so he is thought to be cruel, cold, and ruthless. As Stalin once put it, ¨A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.” (A-Z Quotes) However, there was a lot going on in the brain of Stalin that many may not have known about. He displayed symptoms of severe

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    Hour April 1, 2016 Joseph Stalin From the start of World War II in 1939, until the year of 1953, Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union. Hitler, who was a ruthless leader of Nazi Germany from 1934-1945. He initiated WWII and oversaw fascist policies that resulted in millions of deaths ( Adolf Hitler Biography 2016). Stalin and Hitler were the two brutal leaders during this time period and the both of them took many lives and caused fear all across the nation. Joseph Stalin’s ruthless leadership

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    Joseph Stalin, Dictator of the Union of Soviet Republics from 1929-1953, is without question one of the greatest figures of the 20th century. Although Stalin’s name and mark on this earth demands attention, what kind of recognition should he receive? A little over one-third of Russians responded to the Levada Center poll with the answer ‘kind regards’ towards the question, “What are your feelings toward Stalin” (Monaghan, 2015). Joseph Stalin was even voted in third place in the Name of Russia, which

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    “Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem.” - Joseph Stalin. This quote comes from a man who is responsible for industrializing Russia and making them the strong, independent country they are, but he is also responsible for their struggles. It has long been in debate that Stalin was a hero, but looking closer at the actions he took to industrialize Russia it is revealed that he was a villain. During Stalin's reign he accomplished many things, both good and bad, but in his attempt

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    Joseph Stalin was in control for over twenty years and during that time he not only tried to conquer Nazism, but he also tried to update Russia. He definitely represented the word terror whenever he was in power as well. Whenever he learned what it felt like to rule, he loved it. Joseph Stalin was born on December 18th, 1879, in Gori, Georgia. He was the son of a cobbler and a washerwomen. Joseph was a very weak child. He has scars on his face from smallpox whenever he was only seven. He

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    Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin was the Leader of USSR from 1924 to 1953. Stalin was born on December 18, 1878 and died on March 5, 1953. Stalin was raised in a rough neighborhood in Georgia, Russia. He was mostly known for organizing bank robberies , armed deals and other gang related crimes, he was very effective as a thug. Stalin was also a top guy of the communist party. After the death of the party’s leader Lenin in 1924, Stalin became the head of the party. Although, he was head of

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    Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin They can be considered as the two most dominant and controlling rulers to ever have power. They took advantage of the authority given to them and used it to ruin lives. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin may seem to be very similar but can also be very different. They share similarities of taking power and creating a dictatorship of where they ruled, and have differences based on how they ran their territory and tactics of gaining power. What may seem like two very uniform

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    Joseph Stalin On March 18, 1878 in the small town of Gori Georgia a woman named Keke Geladze give birth to a baby boy by the name of Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (later changed to Joseph Stalin). At the time, obviously, Keke had no idea of what that little boy would go on to do. She had no idea that by the end of his life that same baby boy would have a kill count of around up to 20 million people and would have tortured millions of millions of people along with becoming one of the most powerful

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    Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1952. In 1939, Stalin made a pact with Hitler to remain neutral in WWII. This changed when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941. Stalin worked to get Poland on his side during the war as it was the only country between The Soviet Union and Germany. Our side of the war, Stalin was a brutal dictator that mirrored some of the ways of Hitler. Stalin would so crucial things including making a list of names that were to be

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    Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union after Lenin died. While in power he instituted a reign of terror, but at the same time he was also modernizing Russia and helped to defeat Nazim. Stalin played a big part during the war, along with changing the Russia to more of a collectivism state. Stalin rose to power as General Secretary of the Communist Party, this gave Stalin control over all party members appointments (“Joseph Stalin”). After Lenin died in 1924, he rose to take over Lenin’s position, and

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