1. Stalin
Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. ... He quit the seminary before graduation, in order to be a full-time revolutionary. ... Russia was in the midst of a civil war between the Bolsheviks and a number of opponents (including a considerable number of foreign cadres--among them British, Czech, French, and American detachments). ... Petersburg) in order to stop a White offensive from Estonia (which consisted of some Finnish and British detachments). ... During the same year, 1919...
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