This Russian dictator established the USSR as a modern economic and military power, able to repel Hitlers armies in World War II. However his reign was marked by terror and the deaths of millions of real and presumed opponents of his policies.
- Gorbachev
- Yeltsin
- J. V. Stalin
- Lenin
Answer
The correct answer is C) J. V. Stalin.
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