The Controversial Death of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin

Introduction

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Primier of Soviet Union. He is one of the famous people from the era of Russian Revolution that took place back in the year 1917. Later he became member of the Central Committee and was also promoted to the position of General Secretary. While some people are a high fan of the man, there are others who only remember the man as a mass murderer (Koba, p. 108). While he is a hero in the eyes of his followers, he is a tyrant in the eyes of the others. However, there is hardly anyone who would disagree that Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin is one of the most capable leaders of his time. The paper tries to resolve the mystery behind the death of the man in that the report suggested that he died a natural death but the man's inability to speak on his death bed and certain other things suggested otherwise.

Discussion

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin died a notorious death (Urschel, p. 25). It was on the morning of 1 March 1953, that his people first discovered him lying almost unconscious on his bedroom room with utterly no ability to speak. The night before he had spent with IT interior minister Lavrentiy Beria and other Premiers of the future such as Nikolai Bulganin, Nikita Khrushchev and Georgy Malenkov. These had been drinking the whole night. Hence, when Stalin came back in his room to sleep, he was actually passed out (Stalin, p.28).

Stalin had instructed his guards not to disturb him. Hence, when the man did not emerge from his room the next morning, the guards did not try to bring him out or check up on him. When the Deputy Commandant of Kuntsevo, Peter Lozgachev, found out that Stalin had been ...