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Each country, if it so desires, will make its own revolution. And if no such desire exists, no revolution will occur.

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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
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Revolutionary
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Stalin
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Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovitch Stalin
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Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
Joey Stalin
Uncle Joe
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