Stalin

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Ten years earlier, his predecessor Stalin had deported Crimea's Tatar population, so the majority population was ethnic Russian.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

Of Stalin it could truly be said: When Father turns, we all turn.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Joseph Stalin once offered: “Quantity has a quality all of its own.”

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

One of the greatest recordings of Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, his grab-you-by-the-gut answer to Stalin and celebration of Russia, is by the National Symphony under Mstislav Rostropovich, recorded in 1994 at the Kennedy Center.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

It was Levitan’s deep voice that first announced the victory over Hitler, the death of Stalin, Yuri Gagarin’s space flight.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin