Josef+Stalin

Josef Stalin**-** Before becoming the leader of Russia, Stalin was arrested and imprisoned eight times and escaping six of those times and was also expelled to Siberia multiple times. In 1927 Stalin beat his rival Trotsky expelling him and his followers becoming the leader of the USSR after Lenin. Stalin sponsored a massive campaign of terror in which he sent millions of people to labor camps killing many of them, he was also responsible for the purges leaving many dead. During WWII Stalin lead the USSR against Nazi Germany creating the Eastern Front. Stalin along with Winston Churchill and FDR were the main leaders of the Allies (USSR suffered most). After the war Stalin began expanding the influence of Communism adopting the Eastern block basically making every European country east of Berlin Communist, this was the main issue starting the Cold War. Stalin died in 1953 as the 'strongest' leader of Russia.

Created by Benjamin Ellison and Hank Rudolph