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Josef Stalin
In 1924, after Lenin's death, Stalin promoted himself as a political heir and gradually passed his rivals. By the late 1920s, Stalin was the dictator of the Soviet Union.Stalin played an important administrative role in military matters and took the credit for successfully defeating the White Army at Tsaritsyn
Josef Stalin forced collectivisation of agriculture which cost millions of lives, and his programme of rapid industrialisation made huge increases in Soviet economic and productivity growth
Kevin Leong
"Man of Steal"
"One of the most powerful and murderous dictators in history" May 1899, Stalin was expelled from the Tiflis Theological Seminary for disrespecting authority and reading forbidden books. Stalin had launched the "Great Terror", a campaign to eliminate the Communist Party of people accused of corruption or treachery. Stalin had gotten into alot of trouble and was put in jail (striking) numerous times, he eventually ended up escaping each time.
Joseph Stalin, was born in Gori, Georgia on the 21st of December in 1879 and died of a stroke on March 5 1953.
Sources http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/stalin_joseph.shtml http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSstalin.htm Photos http://www.davidstuff.com/historical/stalin.jpg https://eastchestermhs.wikispaces.com/file/view/Winston-Churchill-Franklin-D-Roosevelt-and-Joseph-Stalin-at-Yalta-in-1945-Photograph-C12281794.jpg
