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  1879: Joseph Stalin was born, as Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, in the city of Gori, Georgia on 21st December.
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  Bolsheviks officially separate from Social Democrats, Stalin appointed to the Party's Central Committee by Lenin.
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  Outbreak of World War I.
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  The Russian Revolution started in March. The provisional government took over after the fall of the Tsar's government.
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  In November, the Bolsheviks seized power after overthrowing the provisional government.
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  Stalin is elected General Secretary of the Communist Party
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  Stalin attacked the 'United Opposition' of Zinoviev, Kamenev, and Trotsky
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  COLLECTIVIZATION
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  Industrialization
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  August 23, 1939: ·Nazi-Soviet Pact is signed in Moscow
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  Nazis invade Russia
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  Decisive turning point in war
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