apr 3, 1922 - Joseph Stalin Becomes General Secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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By Joseph Stalin taking position as General Secretary, it eventually allows him to become dictator of the Soviet Union. This is important to world history because he turned the Soviet Union from mainly agricultural to industrial powerhouse. He also instituted heavy security on his citizens, with anyone even seeming to be suspicious killed, leading to millions of deaths within the Soviet Union.

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