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NEWS ABOUT: Josef Stalin

Josef Stalin stories: 3 news summaries

Stalin Planned
to Destroy Moscow Ahead of Nazis

Bombs, booby traps
set in 1,200 buildings

Dec 5, 08 4:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Stalin would have all but destroyed Moscow if the Nazis had taken the city, the Telegraph reports. Secret 1941 documents now on display detail the rigging of 1,200 buildings with explosives so that the Germans—only 19 miles from the city at the time—would conquer little more than... More »

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Russia • Moscow • explosives • Adolf Hitler • Nazi • World War II • Josef Stalin

One Place Stalin Can Win a Popularity Contest? Russia

Some may have tampered with web ballot, but brutal leader in Kremlin's top 12

Sep 25, 08 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - An effort to celebrate Russian nationalism has turned up an uncomfortable number of votes for Josef Stalin, the Wall Street Journal reports. The dictator blamed for the deaths of millions of Russians often led during 3 months of Internet balloting for the nation’s top historical figure, but was pushed... More »

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Russia • Kremlin • Czar Nicholas II • Stalin • popularity • Josef Stalin

 Oh Napoleon: 
 Tiny Leaders Rule G8 

Five don't pass the 5'6'' mark

Jul 6, 08 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The leaders at this week's G8 summit are all political big shots, but they're pretty diminutive face-to-face—five don't even make it past 5'6''. Russia's Dmitry Medvedev brings up the short end of the stick at 5'2'', and Canada's Stephen Harper is the only one to pass the 6' mark.... More »

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Angela Merkel • Nicolas Sarkozy • Group of Eight • height • Stephen Harper • Silvio Berlusconi • Dmitry Medvedev • Napolean Bonaparte • George W. Bush • Kim Yong Il • Josef Stalin

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