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Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1928 until his death in 1953.

Person

  • Jozef Stalin
  • Born on: Dec. 18, 1878
  • Born in: Gori, Georgië
  • Died on: March 5, 1953
  • Died in: Koentsevo (Moskou), Rusland

Josef Stalin (1878-1953) seized power in the Soviet Union after Lenin's death in 1924. In the thirties, major purges followed across society. When the war with Germany broke out in 1941, the results of these purges became clear: there was a huge shortage of capable officers.[1]

In February 1945, Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt held a conference in Yalta where they discussed the future of Europe. The conference was followed by the Potsdam Conference in July.[2] Stalin is mentioned once by Anne in her diary.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Wikipedia: Joseph Stalin.
  2. ^ Wikipedia: Yalta Conference.
  3. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 31 March 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.