Introduction Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in the village of Gori, in the Russian province of Georgia, on Dec. 21, 1879. ... Thus Joseph's mother, Yekaterina, made the more profound impact on his life--it was she who directed his education, first in the local Gori Church School and then, thanks to a scholarship, at the Tiflis Theological Seminary. ... Instead, the young Stalin became a devoted advocate for Marxist revolution. ... It was at this time that he adopted the name "Stalin," meaning "steel one." ... Even in his final years, Stalin remained dangero...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. ... Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili on December 21, 1879, in Gori, Georgia . ... Stalin later said: "This creature softened my stony heart. ... In May, Stalin was sent to Petrograd (St. ... She was seventeen when they married, and Stalin was 39. ...

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Lenin died in 1924, and was quickly followed by Joseph Stalin as head of the Soviet Communist Party, the oppressive reforms started by Lenin were continued and at length became completely totalitarian. Stalin became the most powerful man in Russia. ... After the death of Stalin in 1953 Nikita Khrushchev became First Secretary of the Communist party. ... Krushchev's denouncing of Stalin's policies was criticized and slowly some of Stalin's political disciplinary policies were restored. Stalin was named a war hero. ...

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