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Josef Stalin

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World Leader

The Resume

    (December 21, 1879-March 5, 1953)
    Birth name was Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
    Dictator of U.S.S.R. (1928-March 5, 1953)
    Mass murderer of multi-millions of his own people (estimated ten to twenty million)
    Imprisoned much of Eastern Europe behind the Iron Curtain
    Started the cold war against the West

Why he might be annoying:

    He was actually born on December 9th, which is December 21st on our current Georgian calendar.
    He had a death head tattoo.
    He was expelled from Tiflis Orthodox Theological Seminary (1899).
    He killed many of his own friends when he feared they would erode his power.
    He killed millions during the purges of his own party, the government, armed forces and the intelligentsia.
    He smoked.
    He was arrested by Russian Police for anti-Tsarist activities (1910).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is dead.
    He died just before he could order to kill many medical doctors (mostly Jewish).
    Khrushchev declared Stalin an enemy of the Soviet people.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 75 Votes: 34.67% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 431 Votes: 69.37% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 191 Votes: 58.64% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 423 Votes: 49.88% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 738 Votes: 42.41% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2659 Votes: 52.73% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1010 Votes: 64.55% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 823 Votes: 93.20% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 575 Votes: 88.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 1107 Votes: 55.01% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 1852 Votes: 65.23% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 1065 Votes: 67.42% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 1516 Votes: 78.83% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 1491 Votes: 84.57% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 2140 Votes: 77.20% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 848 Votes: 74.17% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 635 Votes: 81.57% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 5270 Votes: 78.43% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 2313 Votes: 77.00% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 3234 Votes: 72.57% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 3016 Votes: 70.39% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 2623 Votes: 70.15% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 8651 Votes: 59.60% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 8951 Votes: 75.89% Annoying