Joseph Stalin(Dec 18, 1878 – March 5, 1953)
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The great leaderGeorgianGeneral Secretary
of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union’s Central Comitee
Dictator of the Soviet Union
Caused deaths of 20 million people
Command economy launcher
Childhood and Education Born in Gori, third child in the
familyFather became alcoholicMoved homes very many timesAt the age of ten, Stalin began his
education at the Gori Church School.
Georgian Orthodox Seminary of TiflisLeft school because of the feewritings of Vladimir Lenin
Rise to power, 1917-1927In May 1918, Lenin
dispatched Stalin to the city of Tsaritsyn.
People's Commissar(1917-1923)
Revolutionary Military Council (1920-1923)
Member of CECCS(1917) 1922-became General
Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party
World War II 1939-1945War would be the best
opportunitySeptember 17, 1939
the Red Army invaded eastern Poland and occupied the territory assigned to it by the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
June 1941 – beginning of the Great Patriotic War.
Great wartime leader
Deportations
Series of deportations on a huge scale
Between 1941 and 1949 nearly 3.3 million were deported to Siberia
Appalling conditions, often by cattle truck
Many of the deportees died of hunger or other conditions.
Survivers were forced to work without pay in the labour camps
Family and marriagesI wife- Ekaterina Svanidze
died in 1907married in July 28, 1906 first baby, Yakov, was born
in March 31, 1907II wife- Nadezhda Alliluyeva
died in 1932they had a son and a
daughterIII secretly married wife
Rosa KaganovichIV common-law wife Lida in
1918They had a son
Religious beliefscomplicated and
sometimes contradictory was supposed to
become a priestTheological Seminary at
Tbilisi read The Origin of
Species at the age of thirteen
Stalin began making his peace with God
During the Second World War Stalin reopened the Churches
Stalinism• Political regime named after Joseph Stalin.• Propaganda• Absolute dictator• Secret police• Style of government
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