Caption
Josef Stalin, portrait from 1902, police photo from the Batum Gendarme Administration Josef Vissarionovich Stalin (18 December 1878, Gori, Georgia - 5 March 1953, Kuntsevo near Moscow) was a Soviet politician of Georgian descent. After Lenin's death, he succeeded in seizing power in the Soviet Union. He ruled the Soviet Union dictatorially from 1927 until his death in 1953. During the attack by fascist Germany on the Soviet Union in 1941, Stalin was also commander-in-chief of the Red Army. He held this office until 1947. Even in front of the October Revolution, Josef Stalin was active underground and as a revolutionary. He spent the period from 1901 to 1917 in illegality and was arrested several times and exiled to Siberia. However, he also managed to escape time and again. He organised strikes, raised money for the Bolsheviks through blackmail and bank robberies and even then did not shy away from violence. During this time, he also changed his name in 1912 to the fighting name
Date
Feb 10, 1902
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Photo12/ImageBROKER/Heinz Krimmer
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BRK26H16_142
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