Joseph Stalin was born in Gori[1]. He died in Kuntsevo Dacha[2]. He worked as a politician[3], revolutionary[4], opinion journalist[5], statesperson[6], and linguist[7]. He ranks in the top 0.028% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (210,671 views/month, #279 of 1,000,298).[8]
Key Facts
Place of burial: Lenin's Mausoleum[9], Kremlin Wall Necropolis[10]
Field of work: revolutionary[28], politician[29], opinion journalist[30]
Position held: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union[31], Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union[32], Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR[33], Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars[34], member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR[35], People's Commissar for Defense[36], deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union[37], Member of the Russian Constituent Assembly[38], Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee[39], member of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic[40], member of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR of the 1st convocation[41], Minister of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union[42], ソビエト連邦軍最高司令官[43]
Employer: Pravda[44], Brdzola[45], Tbilisi Observatory[46], organ of state[47]
Award received: Hero of the Soviet Union[50], Hero of Socialist Labour[51], Gold Star medal[52], "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal[53], Order of Victory[54], Order of Lenin[55], Order of the Red Banner[56], Order of Suvorov, 1st class[57], Order of the Red Star[58], Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"[59]
Member of political party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union[62], Mesame Dasi[63], Russian Social Democratic Labour Party[64], Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolshevik)[65]
Things named for Joseph Stalin include Volgograd[68], Donetsk[69], Stalinism[70], Dushanbe[71], IS-2[72], Varna[73], Seven Sisters[74], and Joseph Kobzon[75].
Why It Matters
Joseph Stalin has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[76] He is known by 136 alternative names across languages and contexts.[77]
He has been cited as an influence by Nicolae Ceaușescu[78], a politician[79], 1918–1989[80], of Kingdom of Romania[81], awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav[82], specialised in politics[83]; Kim Il-sung[84], a politician[85], 1912–1994[86], of Korea under Japanese rule[87], awarded the Hero of the Republic[88]; Erich Honecker[89], a politician[90], 1912–1994[91], of Territory of the Saar Basin[92], awarded the Order of José Martí[93]; Enver Hoxha[94], a partisan[95], 1908–1985[96], of People's Socialist Republic of Albania[97], awarded the Hero of Albania[98]; Nikolai Yezhov[99], a politician[100], 1896–1940[101], of Russian Empire[102], awarded the Order of Lenin[103]; and Alexander Dugin[104], a propagandist[105], b. 1962[106], of Russia[107], specialised in propaganda[108].
He is credited with the discovery of Socialism in One Country[109]. Works attributed to him include Order No. 227[110], Marxism and the National Question[111], The Foundations of Leninism[112], Stalin's poetry[113], Dialectical and Historical Materialism[114], and Dizzy with Success[115]. Entities named for him include Volgograd[68], Donetsk[69], Stalinism[70], Dushanbe[71], IS-2[72], and Varna[73].
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