Joseph Stalin - Jasper Shum
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Updated: 4 Dec 2017
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The birth date of Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili,
mostly known as Joseph Stalin, is unknown. It is
believed that he was born on December 6th, 1878,
or December 18th, 1878. However, he invented a
new birth date for his ownself, being December 21,
1879.(Motivation to become a leader)
Joseph Stalin was treated cruelly by other
children in his village and was given a sense
of inferiority. However, this motivated him to
pursue a quest for greatness and respect.(Childhood)
Stalin did well in school, earning him
a scholarship to Tiflis Theological
Seminary.(Childhood)
Stalin encountered Messame Dassy who
was a secret organisation that supported
Georgia's independence from Russia.
It is significant that this encounter is the
reason that Stalin was exposed to the
writings of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin.(Childhood)
Stalin officially joins the
Messame Dassy
organisation.(Childhood)
Joseph Stalin excelled in seminary
school and although he did so,
he left school. This is an interesting
part in his childhood because it is
debated why he was on longer in
seminary school. It is said that he
left, however, school records show that
he was unable to pay the tuition and
so he withdrew from school. It is also
said that he was asked to leave the
school due to his political views.(Childhood)
Stalin joined the Social Democratic
Labour Party and took part in the
revolutionary movement.(Childhood)
He coordinated a labour strike and
in doing so, was arrested. It was
near this time that Joseph Stalin,
adopted the last name "Stalin" which
means "Steel" in Russian.(Rise to a leader)
Joseph Stalin was appointed as
the General Secretary of the
Communist Party. This allowed
him to have full control over all
of the party members. The party
members did not realise the things
that Stalin had done to their
appointments such as making
shrewd appointments.(Rise to a leader)
Vladimir Lenin, the leader of
the revolution, passed away
which allowed Stalin to set out
and destroy the leadership of
the old party that was run by
Lenin. Stalin removed the people
in power, eventually granting
Stalin to become the leader and
ruler of Russia.
Joseph Stalin ruled Russia as a
with an Autocratic leadership
style, meaning that he was the
dictator of Russia.(Accomplishments as a leader)
From late 1920 to early 1930, Joseph Stalin
because he believed that collectivism would
accelerate food production which would
benefit Russia. However, this caused millions
of Ukranian peasants (farmers) to die due to
forced labour and the lack of food.(Accomplishments)
Joseph Stalin also began rapid
industrialization in Russia
which was a huge success.
However, millions were killed
and environmental damage
was caused overtime.(Accomplishments)
Joseph Stalin signed a Nonaggression
Pact with Adolf Hitler (Germany) which
would protect Russia if a second world
war broke out. Not only would it protect
Russia, but they would gain half of Poland.
Therefore, allowing expansion of Russia.(Accomplishments)
Although a Nonaggression pact was
signed, Adolf Hitler, out of fear, struck
Russia with a blitzkrieg and broke the
Nonaggression pact. Although Stalin's
army was unprepared and suffered
many losses, Stalin was able to
successfully defend Russia from being
taken over by Germany. This eventually
allowed Russia to become apart of the
Allied Forces in WWII, granting peace
between Russia and the other Allied
forces.Joseph Stalin passes away.
His time on Earth allowed Russia
to become one of the world's
strongest colonies. A world
superpower.
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