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Joseph Stalins Birth
Joseph Stalin was born on December 18, 1878 in Gori, Russia. Joseph Stalin had a very rough childhood because his father was an alcoholic. This led to him abusing Joseph throughout the course of his childhood (Axelrod & Phillips 296) -
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Joseph Stalin's Life
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Stalin is Expelled from the Tiflis Seminary
During Stalins' childhood his mom wanted him to become a priest. As he was going through this priesthood he was expelled for his bad behavior. During this time he also became a anti-czarist which lead his to being a full time revolutionary. This led to his many crimes and resulted in him being arrested many times (Blassingame 167) -
Stalin is Exiled to Siberia
As punishments for one of his arrests for his revolutionary activties, Stalin was exiled to Siberia. While in Siberia he broke out of the gulag he was put in for his crimes. After he broke out, he kept committing crimes to increase the Communist party's supporters. As this went on, he kept going to jail and breaking out (Axelrod & Phillips 281) -
Traveling to the North Pole
In 1908 the North Pole was the last place in the Northern Hemisphere that had not been explored. So Robert E. Peary and his crew tried to go there, and a man named Dr. Frederick A. Cook and his crew had the same idea. People now are starting to believe that Cook made it there first because of his documents but back then everyone thought Peary went there first ("Who Discovered the North Pole?"). -
Model T Car
On October 1, 1908 the First Model T car was introduced to the public by Henry Ford. A little while afterwards, this car stared to be sold to the general public and 15 million were made. The price of the cars were fairly reasonable and the average person could afford one. These cars made automobile ownership available to the general masses and allowed people to travel over long distances ("Model T"). -
Stalin is Appointed to the Bolshevik Central Comittee
In January 1912 Stalin started his political career when he was appointed to the Central Comittee. This brought him closer to the leaders of the Communist party. He met people like Lenin and eventually became close to him and many other important Bolshevik leaders (Blassingame 168). -
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson Discovers Protons and Electrons
In this year Wilson became the first person to ever see alpha and beta tracks of particles. He used a Cloud Chamber to see these particles. He later concluded that the particles he saw were the moving Proton and Electron molecules from the pictures he took (Grun 465). -
The Bolsheviks Take Control of the Russian Government
During November of 1917 the Bolsheviks kept on gaining control in the Russian government. A Civil War broke out shortly afterwards and led to the Bolsheviks taking control of the Government. While all of this was happening Stalin was doing everything he can to gain more power in the government which he subsequently achieved (Bassingame 168). -
Lenins' Death, Stalins' Rise to Power
When Lenin dids in early 1924 Stalin was close to him and high up in the Bolshevik party but he was not the next leader. So Joseph Stalin gradually took over and named himself leader. Many of the politicians that opposed him were killed in the process so that he became the most powerful and kept his power (Axelrod & Phillips 281). -
Stalin Begins the First Five-Year Plan
Stalin wanted to make the Soviet Union more of a industrial power as quickly as possible. To achieve this goal Stalin created quotas designed to plan out what the people would make over a span of five years. This increased the iron and steel production by 400 percent and coal production by 300 percent. Not everything was increased though and the Soviet Union often ran out of things such as food products (Grill 298) -
Discovery of Penicillin
Pencillin was first discovered to kill bacteria on September 3, 1928. Then it was later put into a medicine form and used to fight bacterial infections. This led to a revolution in medicine and caused the discovery of many more medications and saved countless lives (Grun 521). -
Stalins Purge Trials Begin
During the rule of Joseph Stalin he thought that many of the politicians around him were against him. This led to him killing many of his opposing politicians whenever he felt the least bit threatened by them. As his rule went on he also started killing many of the Russian citizens as well. These purges scared everyone in Russia and caused them to do what the government wanted so they could stay alive (Axelrod & Phillips 281). -
Hitler Attacks the Soviet Union
During the June of 1941 Hitler attempted to invade the Soviet Union. He thought it would be quick and that he would defeat Stalin easily and that is what he prepared for. As this invasion went on into the winter months Hitler's army started to run out of supplies and freeze but were too far into Russia to get anything from Germany or Russia because they were practicing the Scorched Earth Policy. This led to the defeat of the German Army of the downfall of Nazi Germany ("The Defeat Of Hitler"). -
The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan project was the intitiative that led to the creation of the first atomic bomb. This was led by J. Robert Oppenheimer and cost 2 billion (26 billion today) and had over 130 thousand people working on it. These bombs were later used on Japan and helped lead to their defeat in World War II and led to the end of that war (Grun 519). -
Cigarette Smoking and Lung Cancer
Before 1953 many doctors were starting to notice that people were starting to get cancer in their lungs. A little while after they noticed that most of the people who had gotten lung cancer had been smokers. And after testing on animals scientists noticed that the animals were getting lung cancer because of the smoke and they officially stated that smoking causes lung cancer (Grun 537). -
Stalins' Death
Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union up until the date of his death. His rule set an example for Soviet leaders to come. Stalin's death ended many things that were in Russia at the time and many things that stayed and became trademarks of communist Russia such as the Five-Year Plans (Blassingame 169).
