joseph stalin

noun

1. Joseph V.Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili, 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
2. a former name of Donetsk.
3. former name of Varna.
4. former name of Braşov.

noun

1. Also called: Stalino a former name (from after the Revolution until 1961) of Donetsk
2. the former name (1950–61) of Braşov
3. the former name (1949–56) of Varna

noun

1. Joseph . original name Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili . 1879–1953, Soviet leader; general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–53). He succeeded Lenin as head of the party and created a totalitarian state, crushing all opposition, esp in the great purges of 1934–37. He instigated rapid industrialization and the collectivization of agriculture and established the Soviet Union as a world power