Start learning a new language today with Babbel! Get 50% off f→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Simon on social media: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut: Is there Really a D**k Pic That was Left on the Moon? https://youtu.be/Th-gE2wWLCQ Can the Iron in Your Blood Be Removed By a Super Powerful Magnetic Source (or Mutant ;-))? https://youtu.be/8yJsGcLd8Qk In this video: Joseph Stalin was born in December 1878 to a Georgian family and served as the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between 1922 and 1952. After the death of Lenin, he initially shared power over the Soviet Union with other officials, but he managed to gradually consolidate his position and by the 1930s became the country's de facto dictator. As a sign of his absolute rule he bore the title of premier of the Soviet Union from 1941 until his death in 1953. During his time in power, he was faced with the challenge of stabilising the new regime in the turbulent 1920s and then, famously, dealing with the Nazi invasion during the Second World War. Sources: https://www.economist.com/europe/2007/11/08/the-rewriting-of-history https://www.zois-berlin.de/fileadmin/media/Dateien/ZOiS_Reports/ZOiS_Report_1_2020.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Cult_of_Personality_and_Its_Consequences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_mortality_in_the_Soviet_Union_under_Joseph_Stalin https://www.dw.com/en/why-stalin-is-causing-a-classroom-storm-in-russia/a-39866244 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge http://stalinsociety.net/?p=531