How did Joseph Stalin become a famous dictator?

Answer 1

He twisted the ideology of Marxism/Leninism to fit his own personal greed, and assassinated his former Bolshevik comrades who all realized that he had betrayed the revolution. He also created a "Cult of Personality" through excessive Propaganda while the nation was developing methods of communication, therefore the first voice many peasants heard over the radio was Stalin's. He maintained a police state focused on silencing all forms of dissent, and altered pictures and historical documents, cutting all other revolutionaries out of Soviet history until it was just him and Lenin, the only man he could not deny existence of to the public.

Answer 2

Stalin became a famous dictator mostly known as ruthless. Stalin accomplished this through ruthlessness.

-He killed hundreds of thousands of German POWs.

-He held mass executions, and executed his own citizens if they helped the Germans.

-He even alienated his own soldiers after the war, soldiers that were captured alive, were considered to be traitors.

His advancements from the 5 Years Plan also helped him gain fame, along with collectization from Ukraine farm produce.

Answer 3

He became Vladimir Lenin's successor.