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A surname from Russian; usually referring to the Russian [empire, republic] revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Joseph Stalin.
A transliteration of the Russian surname Ста́лин(Stálin), usually applying to the alias of Joseph Dzhugashvili
1937 April 30, Arne Novák, “Několik glos na okraji Gideova Návratu ze Sovětského svazu”, in Lumír, volume 63, number 3, pages 159–162:
André Gide se octl v úplných rozpacích, když všude pozoroval přímo nestvůrný kult Stalina. […]Stalin, krutovládce z Kavkazu nad Rusí, jest spíše symbolem, než skutečnou osobou, symbolem, jemuž náleží stejná úcta jako ikoně.
André Gide felt completely confused when he saw the really monstrous cult of Stalin everywhere. Stalin, the tyrant from the Caucasus, which towers above Russia, is more a symbol than a real person, symbol to whom the same reverence belongs as to an icon.