Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (18th December 1878 - 1955) was a Georgian Soviet politician and a participant in the power struggle following Vladimir Lenin's death, which he ultimately lost to Nikolai Bukharin.
History
Stalin was involved with the Bolsheviks since its early days, organizing bank robberies and other criminal activities to fund the party. During the Russian Civil War, he led the army that captured Tsaritsyn from White Forces. Stalin, along with Nikolai Bukharin, were the main contenders for power in the USSR, after Lenin's death. However, Bukharin won the party struggle against his former ally. In the aftermath of the USSR's defeat in World War II, Stalin and his faction fled to West Siberia and set up a government in Tyumen, which collapsed following his death in 1955.
Trivia
- Stalin's portrait in the game files is lifted from Kaiserredux, a submod for Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkreig, based around the premise of Germany winning World War I (whereas The New Order and Thousand Week Reich has Germany lose World War I, but win World War II). Its name, "Punished Stalin," is a reference to the Metal Gear Solid character, "Punished" Venom Snake.
- An undead version of Stalin appears in the 2020 Halloween Event, appearing as a bloodied skeleton smoking a pipe.
- In real-life, Stalin was the one who succeeded Lenin, instead of Bukharin, and while Bukharin and Stalin were initially allies, in the late 1930s, during the purges, Bukharin was executed in 1938. Stalin ruled the Soviet Union for the longest period of time, even longer than Lenin himself. Unlike Bukharin and his New Economic Plan, Stalin pursued a policy of Five Year Plans, which in The New Order, is a game mechanic for Tyumen. He was also known for considering his daughter Svetlana to be the center of his universe.
- Similar to how a fair number of real-life events related to Nikita Khrushchev are given to other leaders, Stalin's death in real-life (dying of a stroke and his guards being too afraid to intervene and enter his room) is given to Sergey Taboritsky.