stalin

• Nombre propio asociado al líder político soviético que sucedió a Lenin al frente del Partido Comunista y estableció un régimen totalitario mediante la eliminación de la oposición. También se usa para referirse a su figura histórica o a un gobernante autoritario.

A proper noun referring to a Russian political leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and established a totalitarian regime through the elimination of opposition.

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1. Soviet political leaderB2formal

   Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, known for his role in industrializing the country and leading it through World War II, as well as for establishing a repressive totalitarian regime.

   Stalin, líder soviético

   • Stalin's policies transformed the Soviet Union into a major world power.
   • The era of Stalin's rule is often referred to as the Stalinist period.
   • Historians continue to debate Stalin's impact on the 20th century.