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Having consolidated its power, and taking the lead of the peasantry, the proletariat of the victorious country can and must build a socialist society.

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Joseph Stalin
Age: 74 †
Born: 1878
Born: December 18
Died: 1953
Died: March 5
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Former Premier Of The Soviet Union
Politician
Revolutionary
Ioseb Besarionis dze Dzhugashvili
Stalin
Josef Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovitch Stalin
Koba
Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
Joey Stalin
Uncle Joe
Yosif Dzhugashvili
Country
Victorious
Must
Proletariat
Socialist
Build
Lead
Taking
Society
Peasantry
Power
Consolidated

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