Stalin

[stah-lin, -leen, stal-in, stah-lyin]

noun

1. Joseph V. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili, 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.

2. a former name of Donetsk.

3. former name of Varna.

4. former name of Braşov.

Stalin

¹

/ ˈstɑːlɪn /

noun

1. Also called: Stalino. a former name (from after the Revolution until 1961) of Donetsk

2. the former name (1950–61) of Braşov

3. the former name (1949–56) of Varna

Stalin

²

/ ˈstɑːlɪn /

noun

1. Joseph . original name Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili . 1879–1953, Soviet leader; general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–53). He succeeded Lenin as head of the party and created a totalitarian state, crushing all opposition, esp in the great purges of 1934–37. He instigated rapid industrialization and the collectivization of agriculture and established the Soviet Union as a world power

Example Sentences

The new guard’s vision “differs very little from the model promoted by Joseph Stalin,” Mr. Isserman says.

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Following World War II, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was highly suspicious of Russian troops returning from the eastern front.

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Three months before the defeat of the Nazis in 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin met at Yalta and outlined plans for a postwar Germany and a new global order.

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The state's Chief Minister MK Stalin has promised action on the commission's report within two months.

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Whether or not Stalin had a hand in his death, it was definitely convenient.

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