Joseph Stalin5 May 1912
Losif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili took the name Stalin, meaning "man of steel"
Russia · Politics / Bolshevik Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Losif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili took the name Stalin, meaning "man of steel"
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