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Stalin, Joseph Vissarionovich
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...Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (stä´lĬn, Rus. vĬsəryô´nəvĬch stä´lyĬn...Dzugashvili or Djugashvili); he adopted the name Stalin ( "man of steel" ) about 1913. Early CareerThe son of a shoemaker, Stalin studied (1894–99) for the priesthood......
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Stalin
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...Stalin: see Varna, Bulgaria....
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Trotsky, Leon
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......enmity grew between Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. In the trade-union debate (1920...directed. As Lenin's health declined, Stalin, more skillful in party infighting...the trade-union issues were debated, Stalin was named (1922) general secretary of......
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Communist party (in Russia and the Soviet Union)
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......elements in the party were silenced as Joseph Stalin emerged as Lenin's successor. While...by the 16th party congress (1929) Stalin established virtual supremacy. The party...Communist party of the Soviet Union. Post-Stalin YearsAt the 20th party congress (1956......
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Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich
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......Communist party in 1938, he carried out Stalin's ruthless purge of its ranks. As a...CPSU after 1939, Khrushchev was one of Stalin's close associates. In World War II...1949. Soviet LeaderAfter the death of Stalin on Mar. 5, 1953, a "collective leadership......
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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......revolutionary proclamation of 1917. The Stalin EraA struggle for leadership followed Lenin's death in early 1924; Joseph V. Stalin and Leon Trotsky were the two main protagonists, with Stalin emerging victorious by the late 1920s......
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Zinoviev, Grigori Evseyevich
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......1924), Zinoviev, Kamenev, and Joseph Stalin formed a ruling triumvirate. Zinoviev...initial victory over Trotsky (1924), Stalin, in an effort to consolidate his own...collectivization, were incorporated (1928) in Stalin's first Five-Year Plan. In 1935......
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Volgograd
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......defended (1918) by Soviet forces under Stalin, Voroshilov, and Budenny, but White troops...Nikita Khrushchev's denunciations of Stalin's dictatorship.During World War II...divisions under Gen. Vasily I. Chuikov. Stalin ordered that the city be held at all costs......
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Gulag
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......reached its peak after 1928 under Joseph Stalin, who used it to maintain the Soviet state...estimated to have been in the millions during Stalin's years in power. Perhaps the best...establishment in 1931 to 1953, the year of Stalin's death. The Gulag scheme was adapted......
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Kirov, Sergei Mironovich
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......civil war of 1918–20 and rose to power as one of Stalin's most trusted aides. A member of the Communist...Petersburg) when he was assassinated, probably at Stalin's order. However, Stalin used Kirov's murder to institute the party purge......