The Early Years of Joseph StalinThe full name of Joseph Stalin is Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili. He was born on December 18, 1878 in Gori, Georgia, which was a small part of the Russian Empire. When he grew up, he chose the name Stalin, which means “man of steel” in Russian. Stalin grew up in a poor family and was an only child. When he was little, Stalin contracted smallpox, which left him with the facial scars that remained with him throughout his life. He won a scholarship to attend a university in the city of Tbilisi. While there, he secretly read a book called “Communist Manifesto,” written by social philosopher Karl Marx. He is interested in the radical movement against the Russian monarchy. Stalin was eventually expelled from school due to his disappearance, but he claimed it was for Marxist propaganda. Stalin takes power In 1912, Lenin, then in exile in Switzerland, chose Joseph Stalin to help him within the first Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party. A few years later, in November 1917, the Bolsheviks controlled Russia. The Soviet Union was founded in 1922, with Lenin as its first leader. Meanwhile, Stalin had continued to move up the government chain, and in 1922 he became general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, this role allowing him to assign his allies to government positions and develop a base of support. political support. He died in 1924, and Stalin ultimately outwitted his opponents and won the struggle for control of the Communist Party. In the late 1920s, he became dictator of the Soviet Union.Condition of Soviet Russia under StalinJoseph Stalin initiated a sequence of five-year plans in the 1920s aimed at transforming the Soviet Union from a society filled with peasants into an industrialized society... ... middle of paper ...... 1950 he gave North Kim Il Sung, the communist leader of North Korea, permission to attack South Korea . This is what started the Korean War. Stalin became increasingly paranoid as he aged. He died at the age of 74, on March 5, 1953, the victim of a stroke. It is estimated that he was responsible for 20 million deaths during his cruel reign. This graph shows the number of deaths during the events of the story. Stalin accounts for the third highest death toll at 20 million. Stalin as a Leader Joseph Stalin was a very cruel leader. His reign of terror resulted in many deaths. He used violence to get rid of anyone or anything that would oppose him. The massacre initiated by Stalin was at times bad for the economy, as it killed many farmers, who were unable to provide enough crops for the nation. Overall, Stalin was a ruthless leader who had no sympathy for the people he led..