What is Joseph Stalin?
{{Use British English|date=May 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[Generalissimo of the Soviet Union|Generalissimo]] | name = Joseph Stalin | native_name = {{ubl|{{Nobold|{{Native name|ru|Иосиф Сталин|italics=no|nolink=yes|paren=omit}}}}|{{Nobold|{{Native name|ka|იოსებ სტალინი|italics=no|nolink=yes|paren=omit}}}}}} | honorific_suffix = [[:en:Marshal of the Soviet Union|Marshal]] [[:en:Vozhd|Vozhd]] [[Hero of the Soviet Union|HSU]] [[:en:Hero of Socialist Labour|HSL]] [[:en:Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic|HM]] | image = StalinCropped1943.jpg | caption = Stalin in 1943 | office = [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] | term_start = 3 April 1922 | term_end = 16 October 1952{{efn|The office of General Secretary was abolished in 1952, but Stalin continued to exercise its powers as the highest-ranking member of the party [[Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Secretariat]].}} | predecessor = [[Vyacheslav Molotov]] {{Avoid wrap|(as Responsible Secretary)}} | successor = [[Nikita Khrushchev]] {{Avoid wrap|(as First Secretary)}} | order1 = 2nd | office1 = Leader of the Soviet Union | president1 = {{ubl|[[Mikhail Kalinin]]|[[Nikolai Shvernik]]}} | premier1 = {{ubl|[[Alexei Rykov]]|Vyacheslav Molotov|''Himself''}} | term_start1 = 21 January 1924 | term_end1 = 5 March 1953 | predecessor1 = [[Vladimir Lenin]] | successor1 = [[Georgy Malenkov]] | order2 = 4th | office2 = Premier of the Soviet Union | president2 = {{ubl|Mikhail Kalinin|Nikolai Shvernik}} | 1blankname2 = [[First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union|First Deputies]] | 1namedata2 = {{ubl|[[Nikolai Voznesensky]]|Vyacheslav Molotov|[[Nikolai Bulganin]]}} | term_start2 = 6 May 1941 | term_end2 = 5 March 1953 | predeces