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Life of Joseph Stalin
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Joseph Stalin is Born
On December 18th, 1879 Besarion Jughashvili, a poor Russian cobbler, and his wife Ketevan Geladze welcomed baby boy Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili, later known as Joseph Stalin. -
Stalin enters Gori Church School
Mrs. Ketevan Geladze was an extreme Orthodox Russian. Her wishes for her son were that he would become a priest. -
Stalin's Religious Education Ends
Stalin gets expelled from Tiflis Theological Seminary . -
Stalin Joins the Bolsheviks
Stalin joined the Bolsheviks in 1903, during that time he was responsible for organizing paramilitaries, strikes, spreading propaganda, and raising money through bank robberies, ransom kidnappings, and extortion. -
Stalin Gets Married
Stalin gets married to his first wife, Ekaterina Svanidze, one son and one year later Ekatrina dies of tuberculosis in Stalin's arms -
Stalin is exiled to Siberia
After being involved in the1907 Tiflis bank robbery, which resulted in 40 deaths and the embezzlement of US $3.4 million, the Russian Empire exiled Stalin to Siberia. -
Provisional Government is overthrown
Bolsheviks overthrow Provisional Government and seize power Stalin plays a small role in this though. -
Stalin Gets Married Again
Once again, Joseph Stalin gets married this time to Nadezhda Alliluyeva. They have two children a boy and a girl; fourteen years later she was found dead with a revolver beside her. -
Stalin Ascends
Stalin is elected General Secretary of the Communist Party -
Stalin Runs Collectivization of Agriculture
The goal of this policy was to join individual land and labor into collective farms, which porfits go t the government. -
Nadezhda Alliluyeva Commits Suicide
Stalin's wife, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, commits suicide. -
Beginning of "Great Terror"
Stalin begins to deport and purge people out of Russia, this continued for four years. -
Russia vs. Germany
Stalin led the Soviet people in the fight against Nazi Germany. -
Hitler Invades Russia
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Nazi's Under Russian Control?
Russian Red Army captured Berlin. -
Stalin's Slow Death
On the night of March 1st Stalin was found lying in his pijamas and covered with urine by Peter Lozgachev, the Deputy Commandant of Kuntsevo. Lozgachev immediately called in for doctors. Four days later. on March 5th Stalin died.
