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On December 18, 1879, in the Russian peasant village of Gori, Georgia, Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili was born. He was a devout Orthodox Christian throughout the years.

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In 1902, he was arrested for coordinating a labor strike and exiled to Siberia, the first of his many arrests and exiles in the fledgling years of the Russian Revolution. He adopted the name Stalin meaning “steel” in Russian.

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Stalin had an inner circle in the communist party. About 6 people were associated with this “inner circle”. There were more but they were either killed or imprisoned. But, he was mostly friends with communist leaders throughout the world.

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In the Cold War Stalin started out by establishing communist governments throughout Eastern Europe. Then, he led the soviets into the nuclear age. But his reign over the Soviet Union was cut short because on March 5, 1953 he died by a stroke.

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Born- December 18, 1878
Died- March 5, 1953
Became Supreme Leader- 1924 following Lenin’s death

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Gori, Georgia- Birth Place
Stalingrad, Stalinogorsk, Stalinsk, etc.

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WW2
Cold War
Korean War
Russian Revolution

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He wanted to become a priest.
He actually wasn’t Russian.
Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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A short biography of Joseph Stalin whose rise to power began during the October Revolution in 1917, when the Bolsheviks overthrew the tsar and created a Communist society. He took control of Soviet politics after Vladimir Lenin's death in 1924. His forced industrialization of the Soviet Union caused the worst man-made famine in history.

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A short biography of Joseph Stalin whose rise to power began during the October Revolution in 1917, when the Bolsheviks overthrew the tsar and created a Communist society. He took control of Soviet politics after Vladimir Lenin's death in 1924. His forced industrialization of the Soviet Union caused the worst man-made famine in history.