Knowledgia. Lenin’s True Thoughts on Stalin Revealed. Posted: June 23, 2025 | Last updated: June 23, 2025. What did Vladimir Lenin really think of Joseph Stalin?

71 years ago today, on March 5, 1953, Joseph Stalin died. Born December 18, 1878, he had ruled over Russia in various capacities from 1921 until his death, and changed the world in the process ...

While Lenin's successor Joseph Stalin has few modern Western defenders (even as the current Russian government has tried to rehabilitate him), Lenin still has many admirers among Western leftists.

After Vladimir Lenin died on Jan. 21, 1924, Stalin strategically outmaneuvered his rivals and gained control of the Communist Party. By the late 1920s, Stalin became the dictator of the Soviet Union.

Historians say there is no evidence that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was Jewish or had Jewish ancestry, contrary to the suggestion made in an online interview by American conservative commentator ...

1917 Takes part in the Russian Revolution. Lenin organises the Russian Revolution and promises “peace, land, and bread”. Stalin plays a crucial role by running Pravda, the Bolshevik newspaper.