He didn't. He was the 2nd leader of the Soviet Union. He took power on April 3rd, 1922
Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union when the United States entered World War 2.
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Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II and he picked up many facts about atomic weapons that Roosevelt, because of old age, let slip out. With that knowledge, the Soviet Union became a superpower in the Cold War with a huge Stockholm of nuclear weaponry and armaments. He helped the Soviet Union a lot, although the Soviet Union eventually went under. What Russia (as it's called today) has more than the US are nuclear submarines. That's pretty much all.
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yes :D
The effects of the Soviet leader Josheph Stalin, who refused free elections in Eastern Europe was the Truman administration decided they will establish a policy of containment to block Stain from expanding.
solviet union: joseph stalin us: truman
He never wanted to be leader of the US; being the leader of the USSR was more than enough for him. And why he wanted thatjob? Ambition, pure and simple.
Town of Gori, Georgia (not US state :) Country in Transcaucasia.