Early Life Joseph Stalin was born on December 18, 1878 in Gori, Georgia, which was then a small town in the Russian empire (he later invented a new birth date for himself: December 21, 1879). His birth name was Iosef Vissarionovich Djugashvili, but he changed his name to Stalin in his 30s, which is Russian for "man of steel."

25/05/2015 · Joseph Stalin, like Hitler, was very protective about his early years. Stalin used the might and fear of the NKVD (secret police) to ensure that no one ever questioned his past – or those who were brave enough to even hint that they might be interested were suitably warned off.

Early Life. Joseph Stalin was born under the name Iosif Vissarionovich Djugashvili on December 21st, 1879 in Gori, Georgia. He was the third child of Keke Geladze and Bersarion Dzhugashvili and was the only child to survive past infancy. When Joseph was a young, his father was a heavy drinker and abuser and eventually had to leave his family when ...

Joseph Stalin: Early life. Born Joseph Djugashvili in Georgia. Family were freed serfs. Went to a seminary to train to be a priest 1894, later expelled. STALIN link to wikipedia page. Involvement with revolutionary groups. After leaving seminary he became involved in marxist revolutionary groups. Imprisoned by authorities and exiled to Siberia.

Stalin's Early Life. Iosif Dzhugashvili was born on December 18, 1879 in Georgia (the U.S.S.R. Georgia, not the American Georgia). Some sources say he was born into moderate circumstances, and some say he was born into poverty, and his father was alcoholic. He got smallpox at a young age which left his face with scars and his left arm slightly ...

11/11/2009 · Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. Under Stalin, the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an ...

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who governed the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death in 1953.

30/01/2022 · Stalin’s early life started out rough right from the beginning. Born on December 18, 1878, in Gori, Georgia, then part of the Russian Empire, Stalin was born into poverty as the son of an alcoholic failing shoemaker and a housemaid. In his youth, his father often beat him.

04/08/2021 · Joseph Stalin in 1935 (Image: Wikimedia Commons) J oseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili — Stalin (1878-1953) was one of the most powerful men in history. He was a dictator of the Soviet Union, which was a world superpower.