Joseph Stalin By Payton.c1 Period: 1878 to 1953 Joseph Stalin Dec 18, 1878 Joseph Stalin was Born 1903 Joseph Stalin joins the Bolsheviks 1906 Joseph Stalin marries Ekaterina svanidze Mar 18, 1907 Josephs son yakov is born 1912 Joseph Stalin Becomes Editor of 'Pravda' 1917 Russian Revolution 1917 Bolsheviks Seize Control of the Russian Government 1918 Russian Civil War 1919 Polish-Soviet War 1921 Soviet Invasion of Georgia 1928 Stalin's First Five-Year Plan Begins 1936 The Great Purge of 1936-1938 1939 World War 2 1943 Joseph Stalin's Son Yakov Dzhugashvili Commits Suicide 1945 End of World War 2 1953 Joseph Stalin Dies