Joseph Stalin died on March 5, 1953, at the age of 74, after suffering a severe hemorrhagic stroke (brain hemorrhage) at his Kuntsevo Dacha. His health had been deteriorating due to atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, and previous mild strokes. On the night of February 28 to March 1, 1953, after drinking heavily, Stalin was found unconscious and unresponsive in his room. Medical examination on March 2 revealed a brain hemorrhage involving the left middle cerebral artery, along with high blood pressure and right-sided paralysis. Despite various treatments, including traditional methods like leeches, his condition worsened, and he died in the evening of March 5. The official Soviet autopsy report described a large hemorrhage in the brain and hypertrophy of the heart's left ventricle, along with multiple hemorrhages in the myocardium and stomach lining, consistent with severe hypertension and stroke. There have been some theories that Stalin was poisoned with warfarin, but these theories lack firm evidence and are considered unlikely by most historians and medical experts. The consistent medical conclusion is that Stalin died from complications related to a hemorrhagic stroke caused by chronic hypertension and atherosclerosis.