It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.
DescriptionGeneral secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
AliasesJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin; Ioseb Besarionis dze Dzhugashvili; Stalin; Josef Stalin
BornDecember 21, 1879
DiedMarch 5, 1953
CountryRussian Empire; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Soviet Union
ProfessionPolitician; Poet; Writer; Revolutionary
AwardsOrder Of Lenin; Medal "For The Victory Over Japan"; Medal "For The Victory Over Germany In The Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Order Of The Red Banner; Hero Of Socialist Labour; Hero Of The Soviet Union; Order Of Victory; Order Of Victory; Order Of Lenin; Order Of The Red Banner; Jubilee Medal "XX Years Of The Workers' And Peasants' Red Army"; ; Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945; Order Of Suvorov; ; Medal "For The Defence Of Moscow"; Order Of The Red Banner; Order Of Sukhbaatar; Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945; Order Of The White Lion; Order Of The White Lion; ; Medal "In Commemoration Of The 800th Anniversary Of Moscow"; Order Of Sukhbaatar; Order Of Lenin