Joseph Stalin's rise to power

  • Expelled from schools

    Expelled from schools
    Expelled from school for commiting activities against the Czar's government.
  • Joined a government position

    Joined a government position
    He joined Lenin’s Bolshevik Russian Socialist Party and began to serve in a different party posts.
  • Last name change

    Last name change
    TheRussian Revolution put the Bolsheviks into power. Dzhugashvili started using the last name Stalin the Russian word for steel
  • Seizes power

    Seizes power
    When leanin died Stallin siezed power
  • Statt of the Five Year Plan

    Statt of the Five Year Plan
    Stallin not wanting to wait for the Soviet Union to turn into an world power put the Five Year Plan into place.The Soviet Union got a large and powerful army, but it caused famine throughout the country.
  • Ruthless Leader

    Ruthless Leader
    stalin ordered the murder of undesirable people and those he though were threats. He signed a non agression pact with Adolf Hitler. He then seized many parts of eastern europe for the Soviet Union.
  • During and After the War

    During and After the War
    The result was a large and powerful army, but the cost was widespread famine throughout the country. Stalin used terror and repression to turn the Soviet Union into an industrial and military powerhose after the war.