Kazakhstan. Bugin. Private house with an old Stalin statue from the former Soviet union time. Joseph Stalin ( born as Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, December 18, 1878 - March 5, 1953) was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. The village of Bugin is located in the Kyzyl Orda Province. © 2008 Didier Ruef