Just a quick warning before you begin, this episode contains descriptions of violence.

Listener discretion is advised.

Hello and welcome to a new series of Legacy.

This time we're talking about one of history's most

infamous men, the poet who became a dictator, a man responsible for the death of millions.

He terrorised and starved his own people, with hundreds of thousands executed and many thousands more shipped off to the Gulaig.

But today, many of his countrymen see him as a hero, the man of steel, who took an economically

backward country and turned it into a superpower. He's the man who did a deal with the Nazis,

but he's also the leader, arguably most responsible for defeating the Nazis.

He thrived through a civil war, a world war and the Cold War, and helped define some of the

most decisive moments of the 20th century.

We're talking about Joseph de Saronovich Stalin.

His actions laid the foundations for the geopolitical tensions and conflicts that still shape our world today.

And while history may not like him, history cannot forget him.

Paying by card.

Earning points.

It's as simple as

it's what you can do with them that counts.

Discoveries with friends.

Pasta Pramiserra.

Memories with your taste buds.

Or just one epic.

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