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Joseph Stalin Birth
Joseph Stalin was born on December 21, 1879 in Gori, Georgia in Russia. Out of four children born from his mother, he was the only one who survived the birthing process. His parents were named Vissarion and Ekaterina Georgievna. The reason this is important is because Joseph Stalin grows up to become one of the Soviet Union's most famous dictators (Liversidge 5). -
Joseph Stalin becomes a Bolshevik
Not a lot of information is known about Stalin's activities during 1904, but before the year ended, he was an ardent Bolshevik. The Bolsheviks was a party led by Vladimir Lenin. There happened to be a dispute between Lenin, and Julius Martov, and they split up in 1903. This event is significant because this is when he first meets Vladimir Lenin, the dictator before Joseph Stalin (Liversidge 30-33). -
Joseph Stalin marries his first wife
On July 28, 1906, when he was 26, Joseph Stalin gets married to a Georgian girl from Russia. Her name was Ekaterina Svanidze, and she died three years after getting married. This is important because they gave birth to a lad named Yakov Dzhugashvili. (Liversidge 30) -
Changes his name from Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili to Stalin
Joseph Stalin got his first promotion in the Bolshevik Party in early 1912. Vladimir Lenin asked him to serve on the Central Committee. This is when he changed his name to Joseph Stalin, when it was Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. This part of his life is important because Stalin means "man of steel" in Russian. It made the people intimidated. This is also the name we call him today, and it would've been a pain to say his original name (history.com). -
Joseph Stalin marries his second wife
After his first wife, Ekaterina Svanidze committed suicide three years after getting married to Joseph Stalin, Stalin remarries. He meets a sixteen-year old girl named Nadezhda Alliluyeva and marries her in March 24, 1919. This is important because they have a son and a daughter named Svetlana Alliluyeva and Vasily Stalin (Liversidge 71). -
Prohibition Law
A law that made alcohol illegal. This was created on January 17, 1920. This law was later repealed, and that is why people can drink alcohol today. The prohibition law was created during Stalin's lifetime, but he himself had nothing to do with it (timetoast.com). -
Women's Suffrage
A movement that gave the women the right to vote. It was created in August 18, 1920, in Europe. This never had anything to do with Joseph Stalin, but it occurred in his lifetime (timetoast.com). -
Stalin starts his Five-Year Plan
Joseph Stalin created a Five-Year Plan. It was a list of goals to achieve for Russia. He started this in 1928. This is important because the basic purpose of the Five-Year Plan was to change the U.S.S.R. from a backward agricultural nation into a great, modern, industrial power (Blassingame 93). -
Stalin officially becomes in charge of the Communist Party
By 1928, Stalin was in total command of the Communist Party. Trotsky, forced into exile in 1929, was no longer a threat. Stalin now stood poised to wield absolute power as a dictator. This is important because it was his one of his first steps into becoming who he was known for (history.com). -
The Great Depression begins
In October 29, 1929, a famous world event called the Great Depression starts. A major stock in markets crash and that spirals America into an economic crisis. Joseph Stalin and Russian dictators had nothing to do with this, but happened a while before Stalin dies (timetoast.com). -
Sergey Kirov is Killed
On December 1, 1934, the leader of the Russian Revolution, and a high ranking member of the Politburo, Sergey Kirov was shot to death. This is important to Stalin's life, because the killer, Leonid Nikolayev, was likely at the instigation of Joseph Stalin. (worldhistoryproject.org) -
The Great Purge begins
At three public trials held in Moscow between 1936 and 1938, multiple Bolsheviks confessed of committing crimes in the past, and were executed. "Death solves all problems - no man, no problem." Joseph Stalin said (worldhistoryproject.org). -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The bombing of Pearl Harbor, was a major world event. It was when the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service bombed the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This didn't include Joseph Stalin, but happened in his era (timetoast.com). -
Bombing of Hiroshima
On August 6 1945, an American bomber dropped a bomb on Hiroshima, a Japanese city. This was known as the bombing of Hiroshima. It doesn't have anything to do with Joseph Stalin, but this happened in Japan when World War II ended in Germany, when Stalin was still alive (timetoast.com). -
Korean War starts
Three years before Joseph Stalin dies, the Korean War begins in Asia. It started when about 75,000 soldiers entered South Korea from North Korea to impose communism. The beginning of the war happened when Joseph Stalin was alive, but Stalin wasn't able to be alive to hear about the end because the war ended moths after his death. It had nothing to do with Stalin. (timetoast.com) -
Stalin dies
Joseph Stalin's reign comes to an end when he dies of cerebral hemorrhage. It's a type of stroke, and he had it when he was 74 years old. He lived from Dec 18, 1878 to March 5, 1953. This is important because his reign is over (Archer 174).
