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Joseph Stalin (World Leaders Past and Present)
Joseph Stalin - World Leaders Past and Present Author:Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler Joseph Stalin was absolute ruler of the Soviet Union for more than a quarter of a century. An ardent communist revolutionary since his high school days, Stalin rose to prominence following the Russian Revolution. During the 1930s his mercilessly enforced land reforms, combined with his murderous purge of all opposition, wreaked havoc on his peop... more »le. Millions were killed or imprisoned by his security forces. And yet millions more fought and died to save Mother Russia from Hitler's war machine during World War II.
Following Stalin's death in 1953, his successors denounced him--yet the owed much of their power to the brutal methods he had employed. One of the coldest and most calculating leaders the world has ever seen, Joseph Stalin was largely responsible for making the Soviet Union the economic and military giant is it today.« less