Original sentence: (, Iosif Vissarionovič Stalin  – March 5, 1953), alternatively transliterated Josef Stalin, was the de facto leader and dictator of the Soviet Union from about 1928 to his death in 1953
Edited sentence: (, Iosif Vissarionovič Stalin  – March 5, 1953), better known by the adpoted name of Joseph Stalin, alternatively transliterated as Josef Stalin, was the leader, General Secretary and dictator of the Soviet Union from about 1928 to his death in 1953