joseph stalin was a. a fascist prime minister in italy b. a nazi chancellor in germany c. a cruel leader of the soviet union

Joseph Stalin was (c) a cruel leader of the Soviet Union. After Lenin's death Stalin took over as leader of the Soviet Union. He believed that he should change the country from agricultural to industrialized, building factories all over the Soviet Union. He is known for his cruelty. He order several "purges" in which people he thought were against him would be killed or sent to slave labour camps.