Much more could have been done had we Bolsheviks been cleve… - Joseph Stalin

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Much more could have been done had we Bolsheviks been cleverer.

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Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; 21 December {9 December Old Style} 1879 – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He served as both General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1952) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1941–1953). Despite initially governing the country as part of a collective leadership, he ultimately consolidated power to become the Soviet Union's dictator by the 1930s. A communist ideologically committed to the Leninist interpretation of Marxism, Stalin formalised these ideas as Marxism–Leninism while his own policies are known as Stalinism. He was the father of Svetlana Alliluyeva.

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Pen Names: Сталин • Staline • Koba

Native Name: იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე ჯუღაშვილი • Иосиф Виссарионович Джугашвили

Also Known As: Uncle Joe

Alternative Names: Ioseb Besarionis dze Dzhugashvili • Stalin • Josef Stalin • Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin • Joseph Vissarionovitch Stalin • Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili • Joey Stalin • Yosif Dzhugashvili • Ioseb Jugashvili • Ioseb Dzhugashvili • General Secretary Joseph Stalin • General Secretary Stalin • Stavros Papadopoulos

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Much more could have been done had we Bolsheviks been cleverer. - Joseph Stalin

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