Stalin joined the more radical Bolsheviks, and by the time World War I arrived, in 1914, he had attended a number of Party Congresses and risen high in Lenin's favor, who appointed him to the Bolshevik Central Committee. ... Meanwhile, World War II was fast approaching. ... The Cold War had begun. ... Only later did the world discover that these confessions were elicited after long months of psychological torture and physical abuse. ... (It is important to note that Stalin stood directly behind these trials--he delegated respon...

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He would die before World War I. ... They have a world to win. ... Stalin then set his site on entering the world of politics. ... The Bolsheviks won the civil war in 1920. ... The leading Bolsheviks finally learned of the secret note warning against Stalin, but they ignored it. ...

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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. ... Such pseudonyms were quite common among the Russian revolutionaries of that period; Lenin often published under the name "Tulin" (note that even the names "Lenin" and "Stalin" were political pseudonyms). ... Stalin argued strongly for the continuation of the war and for cooperation with the Provisional Government. ... Stalin had initially argued against the treaty, agreeing with Trotsky that Russia could declare itself withdrawn from the war...

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