71 years ago today, on March 5, 1953, Joseph Stalin died. Born December 18, 1878, he had ruled over Russia in various capacities from 1921 until his death, and changed the world in the process.

VORONEZH, September 8. /TASS/. A family from the central Russian city of Voronezh has decided on naming their newborn son Stalin, the local civil registration office said on Thursday. "The family ...

1879: Born Iossif Vissarionovich Djugashvili on Dec. 21, at Gori, Georgia, son of an alcoholic cobbler and a serf's daughter. Josef Stalin was one of the most ruthless and cold-blooded leaders in ...

Stalin’s name meant "man of steel" and he lived ... and a doting mother who sent him to study to be a priest. He is born on 18 December 1879 in Gori, Georgia in the Russian empire.