Iosif Stalin, Marshal, 1945

Description:

Iosif Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union

Depiction of Stalin wearing the uniform of the Marshal of the Soviet Union from 1945 when this version of the uniform was created and when he was granted the position.

Notes:

(1)   These are generic depictions focused on displaying the uniform. While I have sought to create a very detailed depiction of the facial features, this too is generic, the actual head shape was not considered when designing this, a generic head shape is being used.

(2)   I have not uploaded this file for political purposes; it has been uploaded to display the uniform of a historical figure. Any usage of this file is permitted, however any favouriting or usage of this file for political purposes is not my responsibility. Any addition of disruptive or combative comments in the comment section may lead to immediate disabling of the comment section.

(3)  I include the tag #russia, #russianpatriotism, and #russiannationalism because in practice Soviet officials referred to the Soviet Union as "Russia" and not just referring to the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR) that was a de facto Russia proper within Russia. For instance Soviet leader Iosif Stalin in private conversations referred to the Soviet Union as Russia and it is known that he effectively promoted Russian nationalism for tactical purposes of maintaining support of Russians for the regime even though officially and in the long term strategically the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was opposed to nationalism based on Marxist-Leninist philosophy. I include #russians for Stalin because Stalin was a Russified Georgian who in private self-identified as a Russian in terms of a cultural identity.

Credits: Tounushi for base uniform; components and inspiration from Tounushifan, elMengu, and PHAFFM; components and inspiration for depictions of the awards on uniforms from several DeviantArt contributors