Joseph Stalin, born on 18 December 1978, was the leader of Soviet Union from 1922 to 1953. He held the post of General Secretary of communist party from the mid-1920s till his death in 1953. Joseph organized a series of purges from 1936 to 1939, known as the 'Great Purge'. Under his guidance, the USSR military carried out 39,488 executions from August 1937 to November 1938 alone. Anyone who spoke against the political rule or refused to fight against the German forces were killed without going through any judicial process. Watch this video to follow a special expedition that was carried out to find the ground zero of all the executions.

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Joseph Stalin was born on 18 December 1978, to an ethnic Georgian family in the small town Gori (now part of Georgia). He became the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Soviet Union in 1922 and held the post until his death in 1953. He became the 'Premier of the Soviet Union' during his time at the office. After the death of Vladimir Lenin, Stalin strengthened his position at the office by eliminating any opposition to his role..