Events
Joseph Stalin was
born in Gori, Russia.(1879)Stalin joined
Russian Social Democratic
Party.(1901)Stalin meets Lenin for first time.(1905)Named by Lenin to Bolshevik Party Central ComiteeNamed commisar of
nationalities after revolutionBecame general secretary of
the Communist Party.Began the five year plan to
industrialize the USSR.(1928)Became dictator of Soviet Union.(1929)Began the great purges of
Communist Party members.(1935)USSR and Germany sign
nonaggression pact.(1939)Named himself Premier of Soviet Union.(1941)Germany attacked USSR during WW2Died in Moscow March 5 1953.
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