Joseph Stalin: Difference between revisions

imported>GAB168
mNo edit summary
imported>Oscargerardo
No edit summary
Line 32: Line 32:
'''Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin''' (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин,  born '''Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili''', Georgian: იოსებ ვისარიონოვიჩ ჯუღაშვილი ; December 18, 1878 – March 5, 1953) was the first General Secretary of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]'s Central Committee from 1924 until his death in 1953. He led the Soviet Union through a period of rapid growth and industrialization, and led it through [[World War II]] in which the Red Army was victorious over [[Nazi Germany]] and captured Berlin in 1945, ending the war in Europe.
'''Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin''' (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин,  born '''Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili''', Georgian: იოსებ ვისარიონოვიჩ ჯუღაშვილი ; December 18, 1878 – March 5, 1953) was the first General Secretary of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]'s Central Committee from 1924 until his death in 1953. He led the Soviet Union through a period of rapid growth and industrialization, and led it through [[World War II]] in which the Red Army was victorious over [[Nazi Germany]] and captured Berlin in 1945, ending the war in Europe.


Stalin is considered to be one of the most brutally dictators who ever lived, with some considering him to be as bad as [[Adolf Hitler|Adolf Hilter]]. His regime was responsible for numerous human rights abuses, mass repressions, ethnic cleansing, propaganda, deportations, millions of executions, it is estimated that 24 million of people died under his regime.  
Stalin is considered to be one of the most brutally dictators who ever lived, with some considering him to be even worse than [[Adolf Hitler|Adolf Hilter]]. His regime was responsible for numerous human rights abuses, mass repressions, ethnic cleansing, propaganda, deportations, millions of executions, it is estimated that 60 million of people died under his regime.  


==Biography==
==Biography==