Instead, the young Stalin became a devoted advocate for Marxist revolution. ... (Siberian exile, in Tsarist Russia, was notoriously easy to escape from.) ... In 1917, the Russian Revolution toppled the Tsarist government. ... This brief swell of dissent only shows how egregiously people still misunderstood the nature of Stalin's rule. ... This was followed, in January of 1935, by the arrest of Zinoviev and Kamenev themselves, along with a number of their allies; they would be tried in secret, accused of having "inspired" Kirov's assassination, and given long jail terms. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Most people, especially those who lived under his reign, would have explained him in negative terms. People close to him were either loyal to him, or pretended to be for their own good. ... Russia might have preferred it as well. ... In 1917 Koba returned to Petrograd what was the capital of Russia at the time, to join his comrades after the unrest of the February Revolution. ... After the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia, Nadya became Stalin's personal assistant. ...

• Word Count: 3016
• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: High School