Joseph Stalin rose to power in the Soviet Union after the October Revolution and Vladimir Lenin's death. As General Secretary and leader of the USSR, he instituted the Great Purge to eliminate political enemies and consolidated his control. At the Yalta Conference in 1945 after World War 2, where the Soviet Union emerged as a superpower, Stalin outlined ambitious five-year plans to develop the Soviet nuclear program, space program, and transform the Soviet economy and environment through massive construction projects.

1. Precursor
of
the Cold War

2. Precursor
Joseph Stalin
of
the Cold War

3. General Secretary
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Chairman
Council of the Ministers
People's Commissar
Defense of the Soviet Union

4. Year Event
1903 joined Lenin's Bolsheviks
took one of the leading roles during the
1917 October Revolution in Russia
appointed as the General Secretary of the
1922 Communist Party of the Soviet Union under
the trust of Vladimir Lenin
the Great Purge: ally with loyal friends &
1937 ~1938 eliminate all political enemies
with the fall of Nazi Germany
WW2
Soviet Union rose into power

5. Yalta Conference in 1945
From left to right: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin

6. My Great Plans
1
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Five-year Plans
2 Soviet Nuclear Program
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3 Soviet Space Program
4 Great Construction Projects of Communism
5 Great Plan for the Transformation of Nature
1932~1933 Ukrainian Famine

7. Precursor
of
the Cold War