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text_A: Joseph Stalin's birth took place before 1917.
text_B: Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin -LRB- -LSB- ˈstɑːlɪn -RSB- 18 December 1878 -- 5 March 1953 -RRB- was a Soviet revolutionary , politician and political theorist .. Soviet. Soviet people. He governed the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953 .. Soviet Union. Soviet Union. Soviet. Soviet people. In this capacity , he served as the Premier of the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1953 and as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1952 .. General Secretary. General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Central Committee. Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Soviet Union. Soviet Union. Soviet. Soviet people. Premier of the Soviet Union. Premier of the Soviet Union. Ideologically a Marxist and a Leninist , he helped to formalise these ideas as Marxism-Leninism while his own policies and theories became known as Stalinism .. Marxist. Marxism. Leninist. Leninism. Marxism-Leninism. Marxism-Leninism. Stalinism. Stalinism. Stalin was born to a poor Georgian family in Gori , Russian Empire .. Gori. Gori, Georgia. Russian Empire. Russian Empire. Georgian. Georgian people. After an education at Tiflis Spiritual Seminary , he joined the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party .. Marxist. Marxism. Tiflis Spiritual Seminary. Tbilisi Spiritual Seminary. Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Affiliated with Vladimir Lenin 's Bolshevik faction , he raised funds via underground activities such as the 1907 Tiflis bank robbery .. Lenin. Vladimir Lenin. Vladimir Lenin. Vladimir Lenin. Bolshevik. Bolsheviks. 1907 Tiflis bank robbery. 1907 Tiflis bank robbery. After the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917 and established a one-party state , Stalin sat on the Politburo during the Russian Civil War .. Bolsheviks seized power. October Revolution. one-party state. one-party state. Politburo. Politburo. Russian Civil War. Russian Civil War. In 1922 Stalin became General Secretary and established the Soviet Union .. General Secretary. General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Soviet Union. Soviet Union. Soviet. Soviet people. established the Soviet Union. Treaty on the Creation of the USSR. Despite Lenin 's objection , power consolidated around Stalin and opposition removed following Lenin 's death in 1924 .. Lenin. Vladimir Lenin. consolidated around Stalin. Rise of Joseph Stalin. During Stalin 's tenure the concept of `` Socialism in One Country '' became a central tenet of Soviet society , and a cult of personality developed around Stalin .. Soviet. Soviet people. Socialism in One Country. Socialism in One Country. cult of personality. Stalin's cult of personality. Lenin 's New Economic Policy was replaced with a centralised command economy , industrialisation and collectivisation .. Lenin. Vladimir Lenin. New Economic Policy. New Economic Policy. command economy. command economy. industrialisation. Five-Year Plans for the National Economy of the Soviet Union. collectivisation. Collectivization in the Soviet Union. These rapidly transformed the country from an agrarian society into an industrial power , but disrupted food production and contributed to the famine of 1933 -- 34 .. agrarian society. agrarian society. Between 1934 and 1939 , Stalin organised the `` Great Purge '' , in which millions of so-called `` enemies of the working class '' , including senior political and military figures , were interned in Gulag-run prisons , exiled or executed , often without due process .. Great Purge. Great Purge. enemies of the working class. enemies of the working class. Gulag. Gulag. without due process. Extrajudicial punishment. In August 1939 Stalin entered a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany , resulting in their invasion of Poland in September of that year .. non-aggression pact. Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. Nazi Germany. Nazi Germany. invasion of Poland. invasion of Poland. Germany ended the pact by invading the Soviet Union in 1941 .. Soviet Union. Soviet Union. Soviet. Soviet people. invading the Soviet Union. Operation Barbarossa. Despite initial setbacks , the Soviet Red Army halted the German incursion and captured Berlin in May 1945 , ending World War II in Europe .. Soviet. Soviet people. World War II. World War II. Red Army. Red Army. captured Berlin. Battle of Berlin. The Soviet Union annexed the Baltic states and backed the establishment of pro-Soviet Marxist governments both throughout Eastern Europe and in China , North Korea , and North Vietnam .. Soviet Union. Soviet Union. Soviet. Soviet people. Marxist. Marxism. Soviet Union annexed the Baltic states. Occupation of the Baltic states. pro-Soviet Marxist governments. Communist state. China. Chinese Civil War. North Korea. Division of Korea#Soviet occupation of North Korea. North Vietnam. Viet Cong. The Soviet Union and United States emerged as the two world superpowers , and a period of tensions began between the Soviet-backed Eastern Bloc and U.S.-backed Western Bloc known as the Cold War .. Soviet Union. Soviet Union. Soviet. Soviet people. superpowers. Superpower. Eastern Bloc. Eastern Bloc. Western Bloc. Western Bloc. Cold War. Cold War. Stalin led the Soviet Union through its post-war reconstruction phase , during which it became the second country to develop a nuclear weapon , as well as launching the Great Plan for the Transformation of Nature in response to another major famine and the Great Construction Projects of Communism .. Soviet Union. Soviet Union. Soviet. Soviet people. develop a nuclear weapon. Soviet atomic bomb project. Great Plan for the Transformation of Nature. Great Plan for the Transformation of Nature. another major famine. Soviet famine of 1946–47. Great Construction Projects of Communism. Great Construction Projects of Communism. Stalin died in 1953 and was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev , who denounced Stalin and initiated a de-Stalinisation process .. Nikita Khrushchev. Nikita Khrushchev. Khrushchev. Nikita Khrushchev. denounced Stalin. On the Personality Cult and its Consequences. de-Stalinisation. De-Stalinization. Stalin is widely considered one of the most significant and influential figures of the 20th century .. Stalinism influenced various Marxist-Leninist groups and governments across the world , for whom Stalin was a champion of socialism and the working class .. Marxist. Marxism. Leninist. Leninism. Stalinism. Stalinism. socialism. socialism. After the fall of the Soviet Union , Stalin has been praised by supporters for his role in defeating Nazi Germany and establishing the Soviet Union as a major world power .. Soviet Union. Soviet Union. Soviet. Soviet people. Nazi Germany. Nazi Germany. fall of the Soviet Union. Dissolution of the Soviet Union. Critics emphasise his role in causing millions of deaths and numerous political , religious and ethnic repressions .. millions of deaths. Joseph Stalin#Calculating the number of victims
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