Premise: Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin ( [ ˈstɑːlɪn ] 18 December 1878 -- 5 March 1953 ) was a Soviet revolutionary , politician and political theorist . 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 . In 1922 Stalin became General Secretary and established the Soviet Union . Marxism -- Leninism is the political ideology adopted by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Comintern , which its proponents consider to be based on Marxism and Leninism .
Hypothesis: Joseph Stalin was a person who worked in politics.
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