Joseph Stalin

1878 – 1953

Joseph Stalin was a Soviet dictator responsible for the deaths of millions through forced collectivization and state-imposed famines, including the Holodomor, while the Great Terror executed and imprisoned vast numbers in the Gulag system. He consolidated totalitarian power through mass purges, ethnic deportations, and ruthless political repression, establishing one of the 20th century's most brutal and deadly regimes.

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