Ruler · 1878 – 1953

Joseph Stalin

Lived 1878 – 1953; revolutionary, statesperson, politician. Leader of the Soviet Union (Soviet Union), 1924 – 1953. The atlas files them under Russian Empire.

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Lived: 1878 – 1953; 75 years
In office: 29 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Soviet Union
Left it: abdicated; the ruler's own article

Leader of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union · the 2nd of 8 dated reigns · 1922 – 1991

Vladimir Lenin1922 – 1924

Joseph Stalin1924 – 1953

Georgy Malenkov1953 – 1955

Nikita Khrushchev1955 – 1964

Leonid Brezhnev1964 – 1982

3 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removedleft alive by a regular roadending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1924 – 1953 · 29 years

Left it: abdicatedread from the ruler's own article

Stalin was in the city when the February Revolution took place; the Tsar abdicated and the Empire became a de facto republic.

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