more info! Joseph Stalin: is the form usually used in English for the Russian name of Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin (Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), born with the Georgian name Ioseb Dzhugashvili (Иосиф Джугашвили); ( December 18 [ O.S. December 6] 1878 [1] – March 5 , 1953 ). He was the leader of