Identity
Current Charges
- Great Purge and mass political repression.
- Forced collectivization and famine-related deaths.
- Expansion of the Gulag labor camp system.
- Suppression of political opposition and independent expression.
Full Bio
Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until 1953. His rule was marked by forced collectivization, famine, political purges, labor camps, censorship, and an extensive cult of personality.