Joseph Stalin
publication date: Sunday, March 26, 2006 (part of Round XXVII)
category: 
Government
clue: If you can't recognize the leader who brought Russia into the modern world at the cost of millions of lives, you're just stallin'.
explanation: Stalin was the leader of Russia from 1927 to 1953. The word "stallin'" was a play on his last name. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Denise Sawicki, Erik Bates, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Scott Horowitz, Megan Baxter, Lori Lancaster, Chris McKinnon, Mihai Rusu, Michael Paul Cote, Jackie Mason, Josh Paddison, Amir H. Sufyani, and Dan Ecker
trivia: The source photo of a young Stalin was taken from Fin du siècle, where it is Sasha Mironov's character photo.
 | This goo was part of Russia Week. |
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