Joseph stalin

Joseph Stalin

By stahlz
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    Life of Stalin

  • Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jugashvili is born

    Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jugashvili is born

  • Stalin is arrested for his first time

    Stalin is arrested for his first time

  • Stalin joins the Bolsheviks, led by Lenin

    Stalin joins the Bolsheviks, led by Lenin

  • Changes name to Joesph Stalin

  • Lenin appoints Stalin Commissar of Nationalities.

    Lenin appoints Stalin Commissar of Nationalities.

    Stalin recieves much power in this new position
  • The first of Stalin's Five-Year Plans begins

    The first of Stalin's Five-Year Plans begins

  • Stalin becomes allies with U.S. and Great Britain

    Stalin becomes allies with U.S. and Great Britain

    They become allied after reported Nazi attacks on the Red Army
  • Stalin rejects aid from the Marshall Plan

    Stalin rejects aid from the Marshall Plan

    Stalin believes the Marshall Plan is giving the U.S. too much power, therefore, he rejects it's help.
  • Stalin grants North Korea permission to invade South Korea

    Stalin grants North Korea permission to invade South Korea

    This leads to the Korean War
  • Joseph Stalin dies

    Joseph Stalin dies