Joseph+Dzugashvili



Joseph Dzugashvili changed his name to Stalin, which means steel in Russian. He was in the government with Lenin and when Lenin died there was a power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky. Stalin forced Trotsky into exile and was later killed by one of Stalin's agents. Stalin then became dictator of the Soviet Union. When Stalin died he had killed over 20 million of his own people because of war and his policies.

World Cultures (pg. 733-737) Chapt. 33 notes

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