JOSEPH STALIN

JOSEPH STALIN FACTS

• Was born on December 18, 1878.
• He was the leader of the Soviet Union.
• Stalin was born into a poor family.
• Full name losif vissarionovich dzhugashvili.
• He turned the SU into a industrial military power.

MORE FACTS

• His brutal reighn killed millions of SU citizens.
• He outmanouvered his rivals to become SU leader.
• He became allies with Britain and the US during ww2.
• After WW2 he started the Cold War with Britian and US.
• Stalin engaged a reign of terror on his country.

FACTS

• He died on March 5, 1953.
• Joseph died of a stroke at the age of 74.
• His body is preserved in the Lenin museum.
• It was removed in 1961 and buried near the Kremlin walls.
• He killed 20 million people during his reign.