Joseph Stalin1879-1953

Background info

• Joseph Stalin was the second leader of the

Soviet Union.

• His real name was Losif Vissarionovich

Dzhugashvili.

• Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia

Background info• Parents- Mother- Ekaterina Georgievna - Father- Vissarini Ivanovich Djugashvili - Wives- 1 Catherine Svanidzl (died of Tuberculosis in 1907) 2 Nadezhada Alliluyeva (died by natural causes in 1932)

Children: 1 Yakov- died in a German Prison during World War II 2 Vasily- died in a car accident in 1962

3 Svetlana- changed her name to Alliluyeva and emigrated to America

Background info

• Died: March 5, 1953 of a brain hemorrhage at

the age of 74 years

• Ruled the USSR for 25 years until he died

• Stalin suffered from a abnormality in his left

arm making it shorting then his right

Background info

• Stalin was a big fan of American cowboy films

• He would host private screenings in his movie

cinema

• Stalin was known throughout the west for

being a “cruel tyrant” but was nominated for

the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 and 1948

Accomplishments

• Stalin's greatest achievement is the Soviet

and Allied victory over Hitler

• Under Joseph Stalin the Soviet Union greatly

enlarged its territory

• Stalin changed his country into the second

most important industrial nation in the world

Accomplishments

• Stalin changed the

ideology of communism

and the Soviet Union

• Revolutionary country

to a conservative and

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Accomplishments

• Some evidence shows he made many

mistakes while in power, he made up for

them with the great accomplishments

• He assumed position of chairman in 1941

• Took over rule when Nazi Germany invaded

the Soviet union