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'''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 brutal and cruel dictators who ever lived and with many historians considered him to be even worse than [[Adolf Hitler]]. His regime was responsible for numerous human rights abuses, mass repression, ethnic cleansing, propaganda, deportations, and numerous executions. It is estimated that 60 million people died under his rule.  
Joseph Stalin is considered to be one of the most brutal and cruel dictators who ever lived and with many historians considered him to be even worse than [[Adolf Hitler]]. His regime was responsible for numerous human rights abuses, mass repression, ethnic cleansing, propaganda, deportations, and numerous executions. It is estimated that 60 million people died under his rule.  


==Biography==
==Biography==