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  • 1942: Stalin Orders the Immediate Execution of those Fleeing from the Germans

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    1942: Stalin Orders the Immediate Execution of those Fleeing from the Germans

    1942: Stalin Orders the Immediate Execution of those Fleeing from the Germans

    On this day during World War II, Soviet leader Stalin issued the infamous Order no. 227 (Директива Ставки ...

    On this day during World War II, Soviet leader Stalin issued the infamous Order no. 227 (Директива Ставки ВГК №227), which forbade any retreat before the enemy. According to this command, no commander ...

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  • 1937: Stalin’s Bloody Purge of Mikhail Tukhachevsky and other Military Commanders

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    1937: Stalin’s Bloody Purge of Mikhail Tukhachevsky and other Military Commanders

    1937: Stalin’s Bloody Purge of Mikhail Tukhachevsky and other Military Commanders

    On this day the Soviet dictator Stalin got rid of the military commanders he believed could prove dangero ...

    On this day the Soviet dictator Stalin got rid of the military commanders he believed could prove dangerous for his authority in the future due to their abilities and influence. The sharpest thorn in ...

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  • 1922: Stalin Becomes General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet CP

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    1922: Stalin Becomes General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet CP

    1922: Stalin Becomes General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet CP

    Interestingly, Stalin's predecessor Lenin had never become a general secretary during his time in power, ...

    Interestingly, Stalin's predecessor Lenin had never become a general secretary during his time in power, but he had been a prime minister (in the Soviet terminology-the President of the Soviet of Peop ...

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  • 1943: Stalin Becomes Marshal of the Soviet Union

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    1943: Stalin Becomes Marshal of the Soviet Union

    1943: Stalin Becomes Marshal of the Soviet Union

    On this day in 1943 Stalin became Marshal of the Soviet Union. He took this formerly highest rank relativ ...

    On this day in 1943 Stalin became Marshal of the Soviet Union. He took this formerly highest rank relatively late. Namely, in 1943 Stalin was already in power almost twenty years. Since the year 1922, ...

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  • 1953: The Infamous Soviet Police Chief whom Stalin Called “my Himmler”

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    1953: The Infamous Soviet Police Chief whom Stalin Called “my Himmler”

    1953: The Infamous Soviet Police Chief whom Stalin Called “my Himmler”

    Beria was the chief of the Soviet NKVD, the apparatus that contained both the regular and secret police, ...

    Beria was the chief of the Soviet NKVD, the apparatus that contained both the regular and secret police, and was at the head of the Gulag. At the Yalta Conference, Stalin introduced Beria to U.S. Pres ...

    December 23, 2019
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  • 1878: Stalin’s Mother Wanted him to Become a Bishop

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    1878: Stalin’s Mother Wanted him to Become a Bishop

    1878: Stalin’s Mother Wanted him to Become a Bishop

    At his mother’s insistence, Joseph Stalin went to an Orthodox seminary. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili ...

    At his mother’s insistence, Joseph Stalin went to an Orthodox seminary. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili was born on this day in Georgia by his father Besarion (Visarion) and mother Ketevan (Catherin ...

    December 18, 2019
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  • 1961: What Happened to Stalin’s Body?

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    1961: What Happened to Stalin’s Body?

    1961: What Happened to Stalin’s Body?

    On this day it was decided that Stalin's body was to be removed from Lenin's Mausoleum, where it was inte ...

    On this day it was decided that Stalin's body was to be removed from Lenin's Mausoleum, where it was interred together with that of the first Soviet leader, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. This decision was pa ...

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