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Noun: Stalin  staalin
  1. Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
    - Joseph Stalin, Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili

Derived forms: Stalins

See also: Stalinist

Type of: commie, communist, red

Encyclopedia: Stalin Stalin, Albania Stalin, Bulgaria