Born into poverty as Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili, Stalin became involved in revolutionary politics as a young man. Stalin joined up with the Bolshevik revolutionaries. ... Stalin was one of the most ruthless world leaders. ... In the mid-1930s Stalin launched a major campaign of political terror. ... Stalin joined the Allies - Britain and the United States. ...
Russia, under autocratic leader Joseph Stalin, felt that it had a right to the Eastern European nations it had occupied in World War II. ... Britain Prime Minister Winston S. ... Churchill called the "Iron Curtain" a separation of the European continent into competing political, military, and economic blocs and the area controlled by the Soviet Union. ... While still a young revolutionary. ...
Stalin then set his site on entering the world of politics. ... Stalin escaped but he lost his job and became a professional revolutionary. ... While Stalin was in prison the political group the Social Democrats split into two different branches. ... After many arrests within the ranks of the Georgian Bolsheviks Stalin rose to be there new leader. Stalin soon wrote a document which attracted the attention of the Bolshevik leader Lenin. ...
Nicholas, like many past and future Russian leaders, wanted to expand his country's territory. ... With Petrograd in the hands of revolutionaries, Nicholas had no choice but to abdicate the throne. ... Vladimir Illych Ulanov, the Bolshevik leader who had changed his last name to Lenin, was in charge of his political party. ... Many different political groups in these Soviets fought for power. ... All other political parties were forbidden. ...
