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Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili Was born and later changed his name to stalin.
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The bolsheviks officially seperate from the social democrats and appoint stalin their leader.
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Stalin co-writes with Lenin the national question.
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·Beginning of Russian Revolution. The Tsar's government falls, replaced with a Provisional Government. Bolsheviks and Stalin leave for st. Petersburg
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Lenin dies. soon after Stalin takes control.
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trotsky is expelled and soon after "stalin's five year plan" is revealed
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·Purge of the army begins, top generals are tried and executed
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Terrible famine across the Soviet Union; millions die
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Stalin dies
