'Stalin' means 'man of steel'. He probably gave himself that name to make him seem more important
Stalin's real name was Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.
Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
Joseph Stalin's birth name is Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.
Stalin - he was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
His name was Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. Stalin is actually given to him, meaning steel.
Joseph Stalin or Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin(Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин
Iosif (with an I not an L) Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili is the Russian version of the birth name Josef Stalin, the Soviet dictator. Stalin was from Georgia, and his actual birth name was Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili.When Communists became politically active, they sometimes adopted psuedonyms. Iosif took the name "Stalin", which is Russian for "man of steel".
'Coba' ("Коба" in Russian). Iosif Stalin.
Born as Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili.Later lived under the name Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin.
Stalin's name was Yosif Vissarionovich Dzugashvili. I am giving it here in transliteration from Russian, so there can be some other variants if one transliterates from Georgian (he was Georgian).AnswerCorrect Russian transliteration is Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.
Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili was his birth name.
Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili