USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; 18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian-born Soviet revolutionary and political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.

Detailed explanation-2: -Truman-First Meeting with Soviet Marshal Joseph Stalin, 1945. On July 17, 1945, two months after Germany surrendered to the Allies at the end of World War II, President Harry S. Truman came face to face with Marshal Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union, one of the most brutal autocrats of all time.

Detailed explanation-3: -After Stalin died in March 1953, he was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and Georgy Malenkov as Premier of the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-4: -Joseph Stalin was the dictatorial leader of the Soviet Union, ruling from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. His ideas and actions contributed to the unfolding Cold War. 2. Stalin’s origins were humble: he was born in Georgia, the son of a cobbler.

Detailed explanation-5: -"Russian dictator during World War II. He was infamous for his brutality before, during and after the War.” Joseph Stalin, the Soviet Union’s leader during World War II (called the Great Patriotic War by the Soviets), came to power after the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924.