Stalin was Premier from 1924 to his death in 1953.
From 1928-1953, 25 years
Yes, Russia has been an empire for a long time. You do not need a monarch, emperor, or dictator to have an empire. It is simply having several disparate cultures or regions under the rule of one country or group.
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Yes! Joseph Stalin was a key person in starting the Cold War with the Americans, however, he wasn't around long enough to actually be extremely "involved" in it considering he died in 1953.
6 days. comrade Stalin had anyone who stopped clapping killed on the spot. the last person who kept clapping was mauled by dogs.
Stalin was in power as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and ruled as part of a three party committee with Grigori Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev in 1923 while Lenin was incapacitated by strokes and after Lenin died. Over the next several years he ousted Zinoviev and Kamenev and took sole power in 1929. He did not assume the title of Premier until 1941 and continued to wield the sole power in the Soviet Union until his death in 1953.
Stalin wan't a president, he was the 'General Secretary of the Soviet Union'. But he was the de facto leader from 1924 after Lenin's death, until his own death in 1953. By the way; its the Soviet Union, not 'reunion'.
The question is disputable as there was no one leader of the USSR (A confederation of states including but not limited to Russia which was controlled in Moscow IE not just Russia.) During the 1920s due there was a power struggle which began after the death of Lenin in January 1924. Various candidates such as Trotsky, Stalin, Bukharin and others fought for party support - this struggle was eventually won by Stalin who gained enough popularity within the Communist Party to then become the leader of the USSR in 1928. Stalin's leadership was long, brutal but arguably successful only ending with his death in 1953. Tens of millions of Soviet citizens died for a large number of reasons while he stood at the helm; however Russia did advance at a huge pace from an obscure peasant society in the 1920s that was largely irrelevant to global affairs to a modern industrialised state and after his death ultimately the world's other superpower only matched by the United States.
He flew to Russia to meet Stalin. On the way, he stopped in Egypt long enough to sack Auchinleck and appoint the unknown General Montgomery.
Just the opposite, Stalin doublecrossed Hitler. Both agreed to simultaneously invade Poland as agreed upon in Moscow in 1939. When the appointed time came Stalin held back his army. Germany was forced to take on Poland by itself, weakening its position and drawing the ire of the Western allies. Stalin was very clever and Hitler a bit naive. The attack on The USSR in 1941 by Germany may have appeared suicidal but in fact Hitler really had no choice. He was unable to knock out England in 1940, Germany grew weaker fighting England and knew inevitably the USA would come to their aid. He knew he could not trust Stalin again and before he could build up the Red Army into a powerful threat to attack Germany, Hitler preemptively attacked. It was a long shot gamble, and it failed. In reality the war was already decided in 1939 with Stalin's doublecross of Hitler.
Stalin ruled the Soviet from 1928 to 1953,which is 25 years.
He decided that it was a major advancement in the soviet union considering that Russia had always been behind the European countries of that time by a long shot. This had been very important especially with the changes that had to do with the NEP and new economic ideas of that time. Look further into detail about the NEP and policies like such.