Joseph Stalin was a Russian politician.
Joseph Stalin . After the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917 and established a one-party state , Stalin sat on the Politburo during the Russian Civil War . A politburo [ ˈpɒlɪtˌbjʊəɹoʊ ] or political bureau is the executive committee for Communist Parties . The Russian Civil War ( [ Гражда́нская война́ в Росси́и , Grazhdanskaya voyna v Rossiy ] ) was a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire immediately after the Russian Revolutions of 1917 , as many factions vied to determine Russia 's political future .