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Birth
Stalin was born on December 18, 1879. He was son of Besarion Jughashvili, a cobbler, and Ketevan Geladze, a washer woman. Stalin was born in Gori Russia and into bitter poverty. Due to obstacles throughout his life Stalin would become one of the most feared dictators in History.
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First Sino Japanese War
On August 1, 1894 a war between China and Japan broke out over who would control Korea. The Japanese came out victorious becoming a major power.
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Spanish American War
In 1985 Cuba was trying to gain its independence from Spain. The US sent a ship to protect its citizens. The Spainiards thought it was an act of an attack. The US won and Spain gave up all claims.
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Change Of Name
In 1902 Stalin arrested and exiled to Siberia. This was the first of many arrest and exiles during the Russian Revolution. During that time he changed his name to Joseph Stalin. -
Assassination of William Mckinley
President of the United States, William McKinley was in Buffalo to meet people. When the meeting began a guy named Leon Czolgosz went to shake Mckinley's hand and shot him twice. He was beaten and arrested for what he did.
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Bank Robbery
In 1907 Joseph Stalin had been said to be associated with the Tiflis Bank Robbery. Which killed several people and 250,000 stolen rubles.
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World War 1
War between Austria-Hungary and Serbians for revenge of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. No one really won this war many casualties were suffered for everyone.
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Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was to overthrow czar Nicholas the Second to replace him with someone else. The Russian civilians were successful and Lenin came into power.
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Appointed Office Official
In 1922 Stalin was appointed the newly created office of general secretary of the communist party. Which manage all appointments for higher officials.
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5 Year Plan
Before Stalin came to power he proposed a five year plan in order to gain support from the people and not let a revolt happen.
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Raise To Power
In 1929 Stalin came to power. After Lenin's death the country was ruled by a committee of three people, Stalin and two others. Then Stalin turned against his two comrades and took total power oof Russia.
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Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War was between China and Japan. China and Japan fought before and during World War 2. China came out on top with the Japanese surrendering.
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Non-Aggression Pact
In order to not conquered in World War Two by Hitler, Stalin made the Good decision to make a Non-Aggression Pact with him in 1939. Soon that pact would be destroyed with Hitler's attack on Stalingrad
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Russia Sides with the Allies
In spite of the Non-Aggression Pact with Germany, Russia decides to side with the allies. This put Russia on the list of countries who Hitler will conquer. But he never gets the chance to because of the loss at Stalingrad
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Victory in Stalingrad
In 1943 Germany was advancing to Stalingrad quickly but Stalin acted quickly and with heroic efforts Stalin and his army were able to take down the German army.
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Death
On March 5, 1953 the dictator of Russia, Joseph Stalin, had passed away. His legacy left millions of people dead, and also helped tremendously in destroying an empire in World War 2.
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