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Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin [g] (born Dzhugashvili; [h] 18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.
Joseph Stalin, second leader of the Soviet Union, died on 5 March 1953 at his Kuntsevo Dacha after suffering a stroke, at age 74. He was given a state funeral in Moscow on 9 March, with four days of national mourning declared.
In 1916, Lidia – now 15 years old – was allegedly pregnant again. She gave birth to a son, named Alexander, in around April 1917, [272] [266] [273] though Kotkin argued that Alexander's birth date was probably falsely recorded. [270] Stalin, then absent, later came to know of the child's existence but showed no apparent interest in him.
A state funeral was held in Moscow to mourn the loss of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin following his death 4 days earlier. [12] March 10, 1953 (Tuesday)
The instances were: 1) the 2- to 3-year period between Vladimir Lenin's incapacitation and Joseph Stalin's leadership; 2) the three months following Stalin's death; [39] 3) the years between Nikita Khrushchev's fall and Leonid Brezhnev's consolidation of power; [23] and 4) the ailing Konstantin Chernenko's tenure as General Secretary. [60]
Lenin died on 21 January 1924. Stalin was given the honour of organizing his funeral. Upon Lenin's death, Stalin was officially hailed as his successor as the leader of the ruling Communist Party and of the Soviet Union itself. Against Lenin's wishes, he was given a lavish funeral and his body was embalmed and put on display.
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