Premise: Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin ( [ ˈstɑːlɪn ] 18 December 1878 -- 5 March 1953 ) was a Soviet revolutionary , politician and political theorist . Stalin was born to a poor Georgian family in Gori , Russian Empire . Socialism in One Country ( Sotsializm v odnoi strane ) was a theory put forth by Joseph Stalin in 1924 , elaborated by Nikolai Bukharin in 1925 and finally adopted by the Soviet Union as state policy . Stalinism is the means of governing and related policies implemented by Joseph Stalin .
Hypothesis: Joseph Stalin was a squid.
Label: CONTRADICTION