Josif Vissarionovich Djugashvili. Stalin is an important person in world history because he was the one that killed millions of people in Russia. Josif changed his last name from Djugashvili to Stalin because it meant "man of steel". He became dictator of Russia in 1929 after being appointed Secretary General of the Communist Party in 1922. Stalin didn't like some of the army officers that were part of the Russian army. Stalin changed Russia forever. Stalin was …showed first 75 words of 365 total…

…showed last 75 words of 365 total…won recognition from western powers and increased trade with capitalist countries. Soon after World War II, Russia became a super-power country. In the end, everyone thought Stalin was paranoid. Stalin reign from 1929 to 1953. He died in 1953 from brain hemorrhage as stated before. Even thought Stalin did a lot of harm to Russia, he did do some good to the country. Today, Russia and most of its allies have abandoned the goals of Lenin and Stalin.