The dictator of the Soviet Union in the period from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953.
Born December 18, 1878
Died March 5, 1953
On 21 August 1940, Leon Trotsky was killed by a Spanish communist in Mexico. The murder was probably commissioned by the Soviet Union. Leon Trotsky was the Soviet Union’s deputy leader after Lenin until Lenin’s death. After Lenin’s death, a power struggle arose in the communist party. Stalin won that power struggle. Leon Trotsky…
I have looked at who deserves to be included in my list of the world’s 10 worst heads of state of the last 150 years. The reason why I concentrate the list in this interval is simply to make it a bit clear. This means that people such as Qin Shi Huang and Genghis…
On August 23, 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed a non-aggression pact. The agreement is named after the two countries’ foreign ministers Molotov and Ribbentrorp. An additional part to the Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement divided Europe into two. Which lands Germany and the Soviet Union had the right to take. In addition, which lands should…
You may remember when Ukraine won the Melodi Grand Prix in 2016? The Crimean Tatar singer Jamala sang the song in 1944. The song was about Joseph Stalin’s ethnic cleansing of the Crimean Tatars. The population that had always lived on the Crimean peninsula. What happened and why? May 18, 1944 a black day…