Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin, also spelled Josef Stalin, was a communist dictator of the Soviet Union. He served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. (PROSE: History 101)

It was said that he liked to listen to the sound of mad dogs barking. (PROSE: Endgame)

Behind the scenes

 * According to The Brilliant Book 2012, a book that contains non-narrative based information, in an alternate universe where all of history happened at once, Stalin played live chess with Cleopatra.
 * He was played by Brian Cox in an episode of Thirty-Minute Theatre, David Bradley in an episode of Theatre Night and Bernard Kay in an episode of Screen Two.