The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Peace, 1901-1956

Year: 1948
Number: 17-1
   
Nominee:  
Joseph Stalin
M
1879
1953
Premier of the Soviet Union 1941-53.
Moscow
RU (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
   
Motivation:
   
Nominator:
 
Wladislav Rieger
M
Professor
Charles University
Prague
CZ (CZECH REPUBLIC)
   
Evaluation: No
   
Comment: Stalin's was known as Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin, but his real name was Iosif Vissarianovich Dzhugashvili. Stalin was secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1922-53.