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Born in Georgia in the town of Gori, part of the Tiflis Governorate of the Russian Empire.
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Stalin went to a church school in his hometown in late 1888 to learn Russian.
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When Joseph Stalin was a little kid, his family found themself living in poverty. Then the couple moved into their home and moved into nine different rented rooms over 10 years. After a while Besarion (Stalin’s dad) became very violent toward his family. So Stalin’s mom had to escape the abusive relationship so Keke (Stalin’s mom) took Stalin and moved into the house of a family friend.
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He went to Tiflis Theological Seminary to train as a priest.
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Stalin left the Tiflis Theological Seminary and never got a degree.
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Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky were political rivals, after Lenin’s death because of a stroke, Trotsky (Leon Trotsky) and Stalin (Joseph Stalin) began a contest for power. Quickly, Stalin gained the upper hand. April 1923 consolidated his hold on the Bolshevik Central Committee. Then, Trotsky attempted to kill Stalin but failed. And then he got expelled.
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Stalin started to lead the Soviet Union in 1924 after Lenin’s death.
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Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Transcaucasia formed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic or can be known as USSR or the Soviet Union. Stalin got involved in the Russian revolution since Stalin was appointed People’s Commissar for Nationalities Affair; Stalin’s job was to establish an institution to win over non-Russian citizens of the former Russian Empire.
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He was serving in the Russian Civil War before overcoming the Soviet Union establishment in 1922, Stalin assumed leadership over the country after Lenin’s death in 1924.
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Under Stalin, socialism in one country became a central tenet of the party’s ideology. After Stalin's five - years of planning, the country underwent agricultural collectivisation and rapid industrialization, creating a centralized command economy.
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Stalin's mistrust of Western government, his insincere negotiation at the end of World War II and his determination to expand the Soviet Union (communism) into Eastern Europe were significant causes of the Cold War.
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Stalin presided over the Soviet Union's post-war reconstruction and its development of an atomic bomb. During these years, the country experienced another major famine and an anti-semitic campaign that culminated in the doctor's plot.
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Joseph Stalin died on 5 March 1973 and the cause of his death was because of a hemorrhagic stroke at the age of 74.