Joseph Stalin
Politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
Also known as Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin · Josef Stalin · Joseph Vissarionovitch Stalin · Ioseb Besarionis dze Dzhugashvili · Ioseb Jugashvili · Uncle Joe
- Born
- December 18, 1878
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- 3.Stated in Roglo
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- 6.Stated in Munzinger PersonenRetrieved 2017-10-09
- , December 21, 1879
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- December 18, 1878
- Died
- March 5, 1953
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 2.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2015-09-28
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- 5.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in filmportal.deRetrieved 2017-10-09
- March 5, 1953
- Birthplace
- Gori
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- 2.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2015-09-28
- 3.news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10412097.stm
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- 6.Stated in Anne Frank Knowledge Base“Joseph Stalin”Retrieved 2025-10-01
- Gori
- Place of death
- Kuntsevo Dacha
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- Kuntsevo Dacha
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire(until 1917)
- , Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic(1917–1922)
- , Soviet Union(since 1922)
- Occupation
- politician
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- 3.Stated in BeWeBRetrieved 2021-02-14
- 4.Stated in The Fine Art Archive DbRetrieved 2021-04-01
- 5.Stated in Biographical Dictionary of GeorgiaRetrieved 2018-03-21
- 6.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2025-06-24
- , revolutionary
- , opinion journalist
- +3 more
- politician
- Positions held
- Education
- Tbilisi Theological Seminary(1894–1899)
- , Gori school(1888–1894)
Overview
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Positions, education, employers and awards over time
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- Child
- Yakov Dzhugashvili mother: Ekaterina Svanidze
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Sources- 1.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2025-06-24
- unnamed boy Jughashvili (1916) mother: Lidiya Pereprygina
- Alexander Davydov mother: Lidiya Pereprygina
- Vasily Dzhugashvili mother: Nadezhda Alliluyeva
- Artem Sergeev father: Fyodor Sergeyev · kinship to subject: adopted son
- Svetlana Alliluyeva mother: Nadezhda Alliluyeva
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Sources- 1.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2025-06-24
- Yakov Dzhugashvili mother: Ekaterina Svanidze
- Mother
- Keke Geladze
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Sources- 1.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2025-06-24
- Keke Geladze
- Member of political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union(1912–1953) end cause: death
- Mesame Dasi(1898–1903)
- Russian Social Democratic Labour Party(1901–1903)
- Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolshevik)(1903–1912)
- Place of burial
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis date of burial or cremation: October 31, 1961
- Lenin's Mausoleum(1953–1961)
- Family name
- Stalin
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- Jughashvili end cause: name change
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- Stalin
- Member of
- Russian Academy of Sciences(since 1939) subject has role: honorary member
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- Council of Ministers of the USSR
- All-Russian Central Executive Committee
- Council of People's Commissars(1917–1953)
- Revolutionary Military Council(1918–1919)
- Revolutionary Military Council(1920–1922)
- Orgburo(1922–1953)
- All-Union Society of Old Bolsheviks membership number: 8
- Russian Academy of Sciences(since 1939) subject has role: honorary member
- Work location
- Saint Petersburg
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-04-02
- 2.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2025-06-24
- Moscow
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-04-02
- 2.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2025-06-24
- Saint Petersburg
- Pseudonym
- Сталин language: Russian · transliteration or transcription: Stalin
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- Staline language: French
- Koba
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2020-08-30
- Сталин language: Russian · transliteration or transcription: Stalin
- Manner of death
- natural causes statement is subject of: death of Joseph Stalin
- Nominations
- Nobel Peace Prize(1948)
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- Nobel Peace Prize(1945)
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- Nobel Peace Prize(1948)
- Name in native language
- იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე ჯუღაშვილი
- Иосиф Виссарионович Джугашвили
- Nickname
- Коба
- Uncle Joe
- Military, police or special rank
- Generalissimus of the Soviet Union(1945)
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- Marshal of the Soviet Union(1943)
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- Generalissimus of the Soviet Union(1945)
- Participant in
- Q25394187
- Tampere conference of 1905 location: Tampere
- 4th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party location: Stockholm
- 5th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party location: London
- 7th Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) location: Saint Petersburg
- 1st All-Russian Congress of Soviets
- 6th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
- 2nd All-Russian Congress of Soviets
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- 7th Congress of the Russian Communist Party
- 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party
- 9th Congress of the Russian Communist Party
- 10th Congress of the Russian Communist Party
- 11th Congress of the Russian Communist Party
- 12th Congress of the Russian Communist Party
- 13th Congress of the Russian Communist Party
- 14th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party
- 15th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party
- 16th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party
- 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party
- 18th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party
- 19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Tehran Conference
- First All-Union Congress of Soviets
- 18th Conference of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
- Birth name
- იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე ჯუღაშვილი
- Sex or gender
- male
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- 3.Stated in BiographySampoRetrieved 2021-03-23
- 4.Stated in The National Biography of FinlandRetrieved 2021-02-28
- 5.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-05
- 6.Stated in Anne Frank Knowledge Base“Joseph Stalin”Retrieved 2025-10-01
- male
- Cause of death
- cerebral hemorrhage statement is subject of: death of Joseph Stalin
- Sibling
- Joseph Davrichachvili kinship to subject: maternal half-brother · nature of statement: disputed
- Mikhail Jughashvili
- Giorgi Jughashvili
- Has works in the collection
- NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
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Sources- 1.Stated in Beeldbank WO2“Wereldvijand no 1.”beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/beelden/detail/5bbd3a6c-025a-11e7-904b-d89d6717b464/media/eac10beb-1145-2089-dad1-e491ef6b6a28Retrieved 2021-07-14
- NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
- Awards
- Order of Lenin(December 20, 1949)
- Order of Sukhbaatar(December 17, 1949)
- Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic(December 17, 1949)
- honorary citizen of Budapest(until 2011) end cause: withdrawn award
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"(1947)
- Medal "For the Victory over Japan"(October 1945)
- Hero of the Soviet Union(June 26, 1945)
- Order of Victory(June 26, 1945)
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- Order of Lenin(June 26, 1945) part of: Hero of the Soviet Union · serial number: 117859
- Collar of the Order of the White Lion(June 20, 1945)
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Sources- 1.prazskyhradarchiv.cz/file/edee/vyznamenani/cs_rbl.pdfRetrieved 2023-06-13
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"(May 1945)
- Order of Sukhbaatar(1945)
- Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945(1945)
- Medal "For the Victory over Japan" of Mongolia(1945)
- Order of the Red Banner(November 3, 1944)
- Order of Victory(July 29, 1944)
- Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"(May 1, 1944)
- Order of Suvorov, 1st class(November 6, 1943)
- Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"(1943)
- Order of the Republic(1943)
- Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945(1943)
- Time Person of the Year(1942)
- Hero of Socialist Labour(December 20, 1939)
- Order of Lenin(December 20, 1939) part of: Hero of Socialist Labour · serial number: 6235
- Time Person of the Year(1939)
- Order of the Red Banner(February 13, 1930)
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Sources- 1.marxists.org/suomi/stalin/teokset/osa12/st-12-24-elamakerrallisia.pdfRetrieved 2023-12-04
- Order of the Red Star(August 18, 1922)
- Order of the Red Banner(November 27, 1919)
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- honorary citizen of Prague(1946–1990)
- honorary citizen of České Budějovice(1945–2017)
- honorary citizen of Chrudim(1945–2019)
- Order of the Red Banner
- Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
- Named after
- Saint Joseph nature of statement: de facto
- Partner in business or sport
- Winston Churchill valid in period: Tehran Conference
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt valid in period: Tehran Conference
- Copyright status as a creator
- copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: countries with 70 years pma or shorter
- Hashtag
- joseph_stalin
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