Stalin's rise and Fall

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  • Born

    birth of Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, later known as Stalin

  • Expelled from being Chruchboy

    Turning point, from church boy to Communist Leader.

  • Meets Stalin

    Goes to deligate for the Bolsheviks meets Lenin for the first time.

  • Appointed to the Party's central committee.

    Bolsheviks officially separate from Social Democrats, Stalin appointed to the Party's Central Committee by Lenin.

  • Russian Revolution

    Beginning of Russian Revolution. The Tsar's government falls, replaced with a Provisional Government. Bolsheviks, including Stalin, hasten to St. Petersburg
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    The Revolution AND the war

    Civil war in Russia. Trotsky organizes Red Army; Stalin commands forces in Tsaritsyn, Petrograd (St. Petersburg), and elsewhere.

  • Stalin moves up in the world

    Stalin elected General Secretary of the Communist Party

  • USSR is born

    Official founding of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

  • Lenin Dies

    Death of Lenin. Earlier, he had wrote in his last testament that Stalin should be removed from power. However, Stalin survives the reading of the Testament by the Central Committee in May.
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    Weaseling Out Trotsky

    Accused him of being away from the party.