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1879–1953
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; 21 December {9 December Old Style} 1879 – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He served as both General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1952) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1941–1953).
Also known as: Josef Stalin, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, Joseph stalin, Stalin, Stalin, Joseph
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Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.
The Memoirs of Stalin's former secretary (1992)
A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.
"Fascism is the bourgeoisie’s fighting organisation that relies on the active support of Social-Democracy. Social-Democracy is objectively the moderate wing of fascism."
If you are afraid of wolves, keep out of the woods.
Having consolidated its power, and taking the lead of the peasantry, the proletariat of the victorious country can and must build a socialist society.
The idea of a concentration camp is excellent.
If the opposition disarms, all is well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.
Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.
Education is a weapon the effect of which is determined by the hands which wield it, by who is to be stuck down.
History shows that there are no invincible armies and that there never have been.
There are no fortresses that Bolsheviks cannot storm.
The writer is the engineer of the human soul.
Only the people are immortal, everything else is ephemeral. That is why it is necessary to appreciate the full value of the confidence of the people.
I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy.
The fight against Zionism has nothing in common with anti-Semitism. Zionism is an enemy of workers around the world, both of those who are Jewish and those who are not.
"Our Red Army now needs IL-2 aircraft like the air it breathes, like the bread it eats. - This is my final warning."
You know, they are fooling us, there is no God.
The artillery is a god of modern war.
The press must grow day in and day out — it is our Party's sharpest and most powerful weapon.
Bukharin's a swine and surely worse than a swine because he thinks it below his dignity to write a couple of lines.
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