/stah"lin, -leen, stal"in/ ; Russ. /stah"lyin/ , n.
1. Joseph V . ( Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili ), 1879-1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist party 1922-53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941-53.
2. a former name of Donetsk .
3. former name of Varna .
4. former name of Brasov .