Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the USSR and Harry S Truman was the President of the US at the time the Cold War began, at the end of WW II, and both of these leaders created the national policies upon which the Cold War was based.
Joseph Stalin
Joesph Stalin was the leader of Russia and Harry S. Truman was the leader of the U.S.A.
The President of the U.S. during The Cold War was Truman.
Begining(1947)-1953: Joseph Stalin 1953-1964: Nikita Khrushchev 1964-1982: Leonid Brezhnev 1982-1984: Yuri Andropov 1984-1985: Konstantin Chernenko 1985-End(1991): Mikhail Gorbachev
The Korean War and the Cold War were key and major events Truman had to deal with during presidency.
solviet union: joseph stalin us: truman
Truman actually gave the command to detonate the first nuclear weapon & he was the US president in office when man left the old world (conventional) and crossed into the atomic age in 1945. When that A-Bomb went off, the cold war began...even though the Soviets didn't get their bomb until 1949 (stolen from the US via spies).
Joseph Stalin
Joesph Stalin was the leader of Russia and Harry S. Truman was the leader of the U.S.A.
The Berlin blockade took place during the Cold War. It split the city of Berlin into two separate cities. One was under soviet rule and the other was not. The politicians involved in this were Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin.
At the end of World War Two, Poland was subjugated by the Soviet Union (Stalin). Poland had been an ally (on the winning side), never the less, it was treated by Stalin as an enemy. Stalin murdered much of the Polish military & civilian leadership and replaced them with communist puppets. Stalin was one of the most ruthless, dangerous, and murderous dictators in world history. Probably the least trustworthy person alive during Truman's Presidency.
I believe that Josef Stalin gets the credit for starting the cold war, although I am sure there are some people who believe that Harry Truman started it. It is possible to argue either case.
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
He was the leader of the USSR
The President of the U.S. during The Cold War was Truman.
Harry Truman