Joseph Stalin

Acting

18 Dec 1878

† 05 Mar 1953

Gori, Caucasus, Russian Empire [now Georgia]

Biography

Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin (real name Dzhugashvili) was born in Gori, Tiflis province, Russian Empire - a Soviet political, statesman, military and party figure, a Russian revolutionary. Actual leader of the USSR. General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1922-1953). Marshal of the Soviet Union (1943), Generalissimo of the Soviet Union (1945). People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR (since July 19, 1941), Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR and Chairman of...

Also Known As

Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, Iósif Vissariónovich Dzhugashvili, Iossif Vissarionovitch Djougachvili, Josef Wissarionowitsch Stalin