Joseph Stalin Biography

Joseph Stalin, Leader

Born as	Losif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
Known as	Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
Occup.	Leader
From	Russia
Born	December 21, 1879 Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	March 5, 1953 Kuntsevo Dacha near Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Aged	73 years

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Soviet Union's totalitarian from 1924 to 1953. The Russian name "Stalin" that he began utilizing in 1913, means "steel" or "steel man".

Stalin's policy was identified by a solid character cult, extreme focus of power, and also little concern for the harder influence of his plans. Stalin attempted to suppress any kind of opposition with terror and also arbitrary bureaucratic machinery. Quotes of the variety of individuals who died as an outcome of steps carried out under Stalin's management is extremely variable, but an ordinary estimate of 20 million sounds of a 23-year duration. Numerous people were sent out to Gulag prisoner-of-war camp.

Nikita Khrushchev, that pertained to power after Stalin, condemned the repression of both individual cult in 1956 and released a procedure to shut down all the camps.

Stalin ended up being General Assistant of the Communist Celebration in 1922, as well as developed his impact on this basis. Throughout the power struggle after Vladimir Lenin's fatality Stalin was able to reserve his competing Leon Trotsky. In the 1930s he carried out considerable purges, which came to a head in 1937. Since many farmers opposed compelled collectivization of agriculture, put Stalin's harsh routine in force against the "kulaks" and also starved millions to fatality. In the starvation of 1932-1933 shed around 6 million individuals their lives.

Stalin deemed to have actually been one of the most crucial person for the layout of the Soviet routine till 1991, however several Maoists, anti-revisionists and also others consider that truth spirit of Soviet Socialist was betrayed quickly after Stalin's death. Stalin's system of government based on Marxist-Leninism is usually characterized as an unique governance (Stalinism) and also is regarded as a totalitarian ideological background.

Throughout his policy Stalin eliminated 20 million individuals.

Stalin replaced Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP) with a five-year strategies in 1928, about the exact same time he started to run through the collectivization of agriculture. One goal was to change the Soviet Union from a largely agricultural society to a modern-day industrial state and also a geopolitical superpower. After the Second World Battle, the Soviet Union promptly to reach this objective, and for about 4 decades after his fatality the country retained its position as one of the globe's two superpowers. As a result of the Second Globe Battle, Stalin additionally to restrain the majority of Eastern Europe as well as components of Central Europe, where Soviet-loyal Communist tyrannies were put.

Our collection contains 26 quotes who is written / told by Joseph, under the main topic Politics.

Related authors: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Author), Ho Chi Minh (Revolutionary), Henri Barbusse (Novelist), Aslan Maskhadov (Politician), Leon Trotsky (Revolutionary), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete), Nikita Khrushchev (Statesman), Vladimir Lenin (Leader), George Orwell (Author)

Joseph Stalin Famous Works:

1913 Marxism and the National Question (Book)
1924 The Foundations of Leninism (Book)
1934 Problems of Leninism (Book)
1952 Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR (Book)
1952 Speeches at the 19th Party Congress (Book)

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26 Famous quotes by Joseph Stalin

"Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union"

"A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron"

"Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party"

"One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic"

"The only real power comes out of a long rifle"

"The Pope? How many divisions has he got?"

"I believe in one thing only, the power of human will"

"Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem"

"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas"

"You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves"

"When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use"

"We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?"

"The writer is the engineer of the human soul"

"Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach"

"Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed"

"Death solves all problems - no man, no problem"

"I trust no one, not even myself"

"The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic"

"Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division; and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts"

"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything"

"In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance"

"If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves"

"If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes"

"History shows that there are no invincible armies"

"Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs"

"The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do"