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Could also be December 6, 1878, according to the Old Style Julian calendar
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Was born in Predappio, Italy
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As a teen studying for the priesthood in the Georgian Orthodox Church, Stalin secretly read “Communist Manifesto,” becoming interested in the revolutionary movement against Russian Monarch
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He was born
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Got involved in many crimes and was arrested
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Moved to Austria-Hungary to become editor of a socialist newspaper was deported back to Italy for violating
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Serve on the first Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party
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Following his career in the military, Mussolini returned to the newspaper and called for a dictator to seize control of Italy
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Mussolini didn’t agree with the treaty of Versailles so he gathered the various fascist groups into a national organization called Fasci Italiani di Combattimento. The Italian Fascists encouraged violence against socialists
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Was the first prince to study abroad in Japan
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the Soviet Union was founded
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Italy was slipping into political chaos. The Black Shirts( a militia of Italy that was under the fascist rule) invaded Rome and Mussolini presented himself as the only man capable of restoring order. King Victor Emmanuel invited Mussolini to form a government. Mussolini got rid of the institutions of democratic government
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Made himself dictator, taking the title 'Il Duce'. Attempted to re-establish Italy as a great European power
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Reign as Emperor began
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Became dictator of the Soviet Union