(A) ** Stalin
(B) Hitler
(C) Mussolini
(D) Churchill
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -From 1928 until his death in 1953, Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union as a dictator, transforming the country from an agrarian peasant society into a global superpower. The cost was tremendous, however: Stalin was responsible for the deaths of millions of Soviet citizens.
Concept note-2: -Role in World War II of Joseph Stalin Anxious to strengthen his western frontiers while his new but palpably treacherous German ally was still engaged in the West, Stalin annexed eastern Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and parts of Romania; he also attacked Finland and extorted territorial concessions.
Concept note-3: -Stalin ruled as absolute dictator of the Soviet Union throughout World War II and until his death in March 1953.