He was regarded as a totalitarian dictator responsible for the death death range from 20 million to over 60 million.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

2nd Leader of the Soviet Union.

4th Premier of the Soviet Union.

Joined the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in the early 1900s.

Organized bank robberies, including the 1907 Tiflis heist, to fund revolutionary activities.

Became a trusted ally of Vladimir Lenin and rose through the party ranks.

He transformed the USSR from an agrarian state into a major military and industrial power.
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