num_pages: 112
description: Under the leadership of Josef Stalin, the Soviet Union was transformed from a relatively backward nation into the second most important industrial nation in the world. For these achievements, however, the Soviet people paid a high price: the loss of millions of lives, massive material and spiritual deprivation, political repression , and an authoritarian system of rule.
language: English
title: Josef Stalin
titlecomplete: Josef Stalin (History's Villains)
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Blackbirch Press