“Fascism is the bourgeoisie’s fighting organisation that relies on the active support of Social-Democracy. Social-Democracy is objectively the moderate wing of fascism.”
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Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who ruled the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1952 and the nation's Premier from 1941 to 1953. Initially presiding over an oligarchic one-party system that governed by plurality, he became the de facto dictator of the Sovie…
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politics · Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953 · politician · revolutionary · opinion journalist · statesperson · linguist · official · also Joseph Stalin, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, Josef Stalin, Joseph Vissarionovitch Stalin, Ioseb Besarionis dze Dzhugashvili, Ioseb Jugashvili
Born 18 December 1878 · Died 5 March 1953 · Q855
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2026· 5 entries
“s impudence. I know how worthless he is, but I didn”
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“I know 60,000 German officers I am going to shoot!”
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“s House of Unions for three days. The crowds coming to view the body were so large and disorganised that many people were killed in a crowd crush. At the funeral on 9 March, attended by hundreds of thousands, Stalin was laid to rest in Lenin”
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“s war effort. Stalin lost the argument and accepted Lenin”
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2025· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “U.S. President Donald Trump's adviser, Elon Musk, reposted another user's post on X in March 2025, showing a screenshot reading, "Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector workers did."” True.
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2024· 1 entry
USA Today rated the claim “Karine Jean-Pierre claimed US, Ukraine defeated Hitler, Stalin in WWII” Altered.
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2022· 1 entry
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photo shows KFC changed its name to SFC with Stalin icon in Russia?” Altered image.
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2021· 1 entry
The Quint rated the claim “Old, Unrelated Images Passed Off as I-T Raid on Stalin’s Daughter” False.
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2020· 3 entries
USA Today rated the claim “Joseph Stalin once made a statement about the power of vote counters.” False.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Stalin said The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.” Not In Context.
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Snopes rated the claim “Soviet leader Josef Stalin ripped the feathers off a live chicken to demonstrate "how easy it is to govern stupid people."” Legend.
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2019· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “A psychiatrist said U.S. President Donald Trump may be responsible for millions more deaths than Hitler, Stalin, and Mao.” Correct Attribution.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Joseph Stalin said, "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."” False.
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2016· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “Joseph Stalin said some version of "It's not the people who vote that count, it's the people who count the votes."” Mixture.
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2012· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Soviet dictator Josef Stalin said, "America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within."” False.
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1999· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “On his TV show, Bishop Fulton Sheen foretold the death of Josef Stalin.” True.
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1991· 4 entries
The rest of the archives were opened to historians, resulting in much new information about Stalin coming to light, and producing a flood of new research
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Stalin has retained popularity in Russia and Georgia as a victorious wartime leader who established the Soviet Union as a major world power
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Boris Yeltsin continued Gorbachev's denunciation of Stalin but added to it a denunciation of Lenin
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Contain irrefutable data much lower than Western sources used prior to 1991, such as statements from emigres and other informants
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1969· 1 entry
And again in 1979, plans were proposed for a full rehabilitation of Stalin's legacy but on both occasions were halted due to fears of damaging the USSR's public image
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1966· 1 entry
As part of the 90th anniversary of the opening of the metro
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1956· 1 entry
Khrushchev gave his "Secret Speech", titled "On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences", to a closed session of the Party's 20th Congress
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1953· 12 entries
Died 1953-03-05.
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“The present imposter government, which was not elected by the people and which is not accountable to the people, must be replaced by a government recognized by the people, elected by representatives of the workers, soldiers and peasants, and held accountable to their representatives”
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“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 aeroplanes.”
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“We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us.”
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“True courage consists in being strong enough to master and overcome oneself and subordinate one’s will to the will of the collective, the will of the higher party body.”
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“What would happen if capital succeeded in smashing the Republic of Soviets? There would set in an era of the blackest reaction in all the capitalist and colonial countries, the working class and the oppressed peoples would be seized by the throat, the positions of international communism would be lost.”
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“We disagreed with Zinoviev and Kamenev because we knew that the policy of amputation was fraught with great dangers for the Party, that the method of amputation, the method of blood-letting — and they demanded blood — was dangerous, infectious: today you amputate one limb, tomorrow another, the day after tomorrow a third — what will we have left in the Party?”
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“The press must grow day in and day out — it is our Party's sharpest and most powerful weapon.”
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“Uma única morte é uma tragédia; um milhão de mortes é uma estatística.”
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“A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.”
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And was eventually succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev, who denounced his predecessor and initiated a de-Stalinisation process throughout Soviet society
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Holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1952 and the nation's Premier from 1941 to 1953
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1952· 2 entries
Stalin's last book, Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR, was published
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Eliminated the Politburo and replaced it with a larger version he named the Presidium
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1951· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1951–1953).
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Where he spent almost five months on holiday at his Abkhazian dacha
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Stalin initiated the Mingrelian affair, a purge of the Georgian Communist Party which resulted in over 11,000 deportations
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1950· 2 entries
Career landmark: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1950–1953).
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Stalin issued the article "Marxism and Problems of Linguistics", which reflected his interest in questions of Russian nationhood
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1949· 4 entries
Awarded Order of Sukhbaatar (1949).
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Awarded Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic (1949).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1949).
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Celebrations took place to mark Stalin's 70th birthday (although he actually was turning 71 at the time) at which Stalin attended an event at the Bolshoi Theatre alongside Marxist–Leninist leaders from across Europe and
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1948· 3 entries
Awarded honorary citizen of Budapest (1948).
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Stalin edited and rewrote sections of Falsifiers of History, published as a series of Pravda articles in February 1948 and then in book form
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In hopes of obtaining an ally in the Middle East
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1947· 3 entries
Won Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" (1947).
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It brought out a second edition of his official biography, which glorified him to a greater extent than its predecessor
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Career landmark: member of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1947–1951).
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1946· 6 entries
Awarded honorary citizen of Prague (1946).
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Career landmark: Minister of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union (1946–1947).
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1946–1953).
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It was exacerbated by government policy towards food procurement, including the state's decision to build up stocks and export food rather than distributing it to famine-hit areas
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The state published Stalin's Collected Works
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Career landmark: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1946–1950).
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1945· 12 entries
Awarded honorary citizen of Chrudim (1945).
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Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).
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Won Gold Star medal (1945).
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Awarded Order of Victory (1945).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1945).
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Won Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1945).
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Won Medal "For the Victory over Japan" (1945).
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Awarded Order of Sukhbaatar (1945).
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Awarded Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945 (1945).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of the White Lion (1945).
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Won Medal "For the Victory over Japan" of Mongolia (1945).
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Awarded honorary citizen of České Budějovice (1945).
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1944· 6 entries
Won Medal "For the Defence of Moscow" (1944).
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Awarded Order of Victory (1944).
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1944).
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The Soviet Union made significant advances across Eastern Europe toward Germany, including Operation Bagration, a massive offensive in the Byelorussian SSR against the German Army Group Centre
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The German armies were pushed out of the Baltic states, which were then re-annexed into the Soviet Union
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Discussing the fate of the Balkans, Churchill agreed to Stalin's suggestion that after the war, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, and Yugoslavia would come under the Soviet sphere of influence while Greece would come under tha
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1943· 5 entries
Awarded Order of the Republic (1943).
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Awarded Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945 (1943).
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Awarded Order of Suvorov, 1st class (1943).
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Won Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" (1943).
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And Stalin began encouraging foreign Marxist–Leninist parties to emphasise nationalism over internationalism in order to broaden their domestic appeal
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1942· 1 entry
Awarded Time Person of the Year (1942).
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1941· 4 entries
Career landmark: People's Commissar for Defense (1941–1946).
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1941–1946).
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Little direct American assistance reached the Soviets until late 1942
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The London Philharmonic Orchestra performed a concert to celebrate his birthday, and in 1942, Time magazine named him "Man of the Year"
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1939· 5 entries
Awarded Order of Lenin (1939).
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Awarded Time Person of the Year (1939).
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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1939).
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Won "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal (1939).
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It signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany, resulting in their joint invasion of Poland
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1938· 4 entries
Career landmark: member of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1938–1947).
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The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) was released; commonly known as the "Short Course", it became the central text of Stalinism
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Career landmark: member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1938).
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Career landmark: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1938–1946).
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1936· 2 entries
Stalin oversaw the adoption of a new constitution with expansive democratic features; it was designed as propaganda, as all power rested in his hands
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Nikolai Yezhov became head of the NKVD, after which Stalin moved to orchestrate the arrest and execution of his remaining opponents in the Communist Party in the Great Purge
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1935· 1 entry
Ordered the NKVD to expel suspected counterrevolutionaries from urban areas; over 11,000 were expelled from Leningrad alone in early 1935
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1934· 3 entries
The Soviet Union joined the League of Nations, from which it had previously been excluded
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With Stalin only becoming "absolute dictator" after March–June 1937, when senior military and NKVD figures were eliminated
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Career landmark: Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1934–1953).
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1931· 2 entries
And 1932, compounded by years of declining productivity
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To make way for the Palace of the Soviets
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1930· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1930).
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1929· 2 entries
The Politburo announced the mass collectivisation of agriculture, establishing both kolkhoz collective farms and sovkhoz state farms
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Stalin's son Yakov unsuccessfully attempted suicide, shooting himself in the chest and narrowly missing his heart; his failure earned the contempt of Stalin, who is reported to have brushed off the attempt by saying "He
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1928· 2 entries
Stalin declared that class war between the proletariat and their enemies would intensify as socialism developed
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The first five-year plan was launched by Stalin with a main focus on boosting Soviet heavy industry; it was finished a year ahead of schedule, in 1932
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1927· 1 entry
There was some argument in the party over Soviet policy regarding China
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1926· 1 entry
Stalin published On Questions of Leninism, in which he argued for the concept of "socialism in one country", which was presented as an orthodox Leninist perspective despite clashing with established Bolshevik views that
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1925· 1 entry
The two moved into open opposition to Stalin and Bukharin and launched an unsuccessful attack on their faction at the 14th Party Congress in December
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1924· 1 entry
Stalin assumed leadership over the country
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1922· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the Red Star (1922).
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Career landmark: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1934).
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1919· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1919).
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1917· 2 entries
Declared that "there is dogmatic Marxism and there is creative Marxism
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Career landmark: Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee (1917–1953).
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1914· 1 entry
In Kureika, Stalin, aged 35, had a relationship with Lidiya Pereprygina, aged 14 (considered a minor at the time), who allegedly became pregnant with Stalin's child
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1910· 1 entry
Stalin had an affair with his landlady, Maria Kuzakova, who in 1911 gave birth to his alleged second son, Konstantin Kuzakov, who later taught philosophy at the Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute, but never met Stal
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1907· 2 entries
“This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.”
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Stalin allegedly said: "This creature softened my heart of stone
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1899· 1 entry
Studied at Tbilisi Theological Seminary (1894–1899).
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1894· 2 entries
Stalin enrolled as a trainee Russian Orthodox priest at the Tiflis Theological Seminary, enabled by a scholarship
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Studied at Gori school (1888–1894).
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1888· 1 entry
Stalin enrolled at the Gori Church School, where he excelled
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1878· 1 entry
Born 1878-12-18.
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