Why Russia Feared Joseph Stalin

For a quarter of a century, Russia was ruled by a man remembered as one of the most brutal dictators in history. A figure so monolithic in his power and influence over the country he governed that to even speak out against him and his policies could cause a person to vanish from their home or place of work… some even disappeared from photos, where they were once stood right next to the man himself. This one man, who, alongside the Allied Forces, was instrumental in the defeat of Nazi Germany and bringing an end to World War Two, arguably wielded and exercised more political power than any single figure in world history. And his name was Ioseb Dzhugashvili, better known as Joseph Stalin.

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[sakha_uola_]

Stalin wasn't ethnic Russian. He was ethnic Georgian. He spoke broken Russian with thick Georgian accent.His real last name is Dzhugashivili which is Georgian. But he made up his own last name Stalin which sound more Russian in order to appeal to Russians(In Russian it means made out of steel). Georgia now is independent country with its own culture, language and which now has nothing in common with Russia. Georgia now has bad relations with Russia since russia invaded it 2 times and occupied some of its territories in 2008

[jokodihaynes]

"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.-"Machiavelli

[zolnsalt]

As a politician Stalin had incredible insight on how the government worked...He was given a mediocre position by Lenin but he used it to its fullest to become number one. He knew exactly how the levers of power worked like no one else.

[Jayjay-qeum]

"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas." -- Joseph Stalin

[neofulcrum]

I took some traits from him to write the villain in my upcoming book.

[brianbrett]

If even one Russian learns something than this video is worth its weight in gold .

[jankwartel]

Was he a great fan of Napoleon? His pose on the first photo was quite revealing imho.

[Saricelina]

Hey bro great video!!! plzs make another awesome video about the Holodomor

[candidate]

5:30 work 15 hours a day and with abt 7-8 hours sleep. He really puts a lot of effort for music his only 1-2 free hours of the day 😅

[maxbaker]

Can you do a video on craziest video game glitches?

[VinnieELL]

I recently figured out joseph stalins daughter lived next to where i lived and died in the 1990s, the town is Lone Rock WI

[savy]

Bro this is probably the thousandth video you have made on stalin

[AlexNona]

Russia? Dont you mean Soviet Republic?

[alphabeta]

Russian foreign minister is Armenian
Strongest Soviet world chess champion is Armenian
Chiefs of Staff of Soviet Air Force and Navy in WWII were Armenian

[bandit]

Yall mufuckas are churning out videos like CRAZY I love the long ones — thanks IGS

[kolasillers]

I know old lady who was sent to Gulags with her parents.

[KulshanStudios]

Not just Georgian wine - but RACHIAN wine

I visited a winery in Racha, Khvanchkara, specifically, that claimed to have been a supplier of wine to the Yalta Conference, and was a favored supplier of wine to Stalin

I dunno if any of that was TRUE. But they did make a nice medium-sweet red, and their chacha was pretty excellent 😅

[brianpratt]

Likely he served Chacha, so the guests eyebrows melted off from the fumes.

[laptop_]

I got to know about the Joseph Stalin when i was playing the video game, call of duty when i was 14 years old !

[Smgk]

Stalin:theres nothing to worry about.
Russian people:...