"One seat would be taken by the pilot, the other by the radio technician, and the third by the priest." The special assignment given by Stalin embraced six planes and twelve or so priests.

When it comes to religion Joseph Stalin is somewhat wistful. Although never actually ordained a priest, he was a theological student in his youth. He is the only Dictator alive today with a ...

Stalin’s name meant "man of steel" and he ... an alcoholic cobbler and a doting mother who sent him to study to be a priest. He is born on 18 December 1879 in Gori, Georgia in the Russian ...