| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | 
| Year: | 1948 | 
| Number: | 17 - 1 | 
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| Nominee: 
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| Name: | Joseph Vissarionovitch  Stalin | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1879 | 
| Year, Death: | 1953 | 
| Profession: | Premier of the Soviet Union 1941-53. | 
| City: | Moscow | 
| Country: | RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU) | 
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| Motivation: |  | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Wladislav  Rieger | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | Charles University | 
| City: | Prague | 
| Country: | CZECHOSLOVAKIA (CZ) | 
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| Comments: | Stalin's was known as Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin, but his real name was Iosif Vissarianovich Dzhugashvili. Stalin was secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1922-53. | 
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