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Joseph Stalin official portrait
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Joseph Stalin, 1912
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StalinCropped1943
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斯大林

Sīdàlín
proper noun #13,581

Meanings

  1. 1 Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator

About Joseph Stalin

1878–1953 · 政治家 politician

Led the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death, driving forced industrialisation, farm collectivisation and the purges of the 1930s, and leading it to victory over Nazi Germany. He signed an alliance with Mao's China in 1950.

Also called  约瑟夫·斯大林

Examples

HSK 7-9
斯大林统治苏联将近三十年。
Sīdàlín tǒngzhì Sūlián jiāngjìn sānshí nián.
Stalin ruled the Soviet Union for nearly thirty years.

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history
The Chinese transliteration 斯大林 approximates 'Stalin'. The character 大 (big/great) in the middle is coincidentally apt, though it was chosen purely for sound.

Stroke Order

斯 sī
大 dà
林 lín