Timeline of Joseph Stalin: 1878-1953
1. Josef Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia on December 18, 1878, although some historians believe that we was born in 1879.
2. In 1902, Stalin was arrested for setting up a strike that led to fights and even several deaths.
3. He broke his exile by boarding a train for Tiflis in 1904.
4. He was drafted into the army in 1916, but was found unfit because of his injured arm. (He was hit by a horse-drawn carriage twice in his childhood).
5. Lenin, the leader of the Communist Party, died in 1924, so Stalin and some others were now in charge of the party. Stalin removed them from the party and was now in complete control.
6. On August 23, 1939, the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany.
7. Stalin took control and added 3 nations to the Soviet Union.
8. In 1843, Stalin met with Churchill and Roosevelt to discuss war strategy
9. In 1948, Stalin attempted to take control of Berlin.
10. Josef Stalin died on March 5, 1953.
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2. In 1902, Stalin was arrested for setting up a strike that led to fights and even several deaths.
3. He broke his exile by boarding a train for Tiflis in 1904.
4. He was drafted into the army in 1916, but was found unfit because of his injured arm. (He was hit by a horse-drawn carriage twice in his childhood).
5. Lenin, the leader of the Communist Party, died in 1924, so Stalin and some others were now in charge of the party. Stalin removed them from the party and was now in complete control.
6. On August 23, 1939, the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany.
7. Stalin took control and added 3 nations to the Soviet Union.
8. In 1843, Stalin met with Churchill and Roosevelt to discuss war strategy
9. In 1948, Stalin attempted to take control of Berlin.
10. Josef Stalin died on March 5, 1953.
For a more detailed timeline, visit http://www.softschools.com/timelines/joseph_stalin_timeline/126/
And for Joseph Stalin's whole biography, please visit http://www.pbs.org/redfiles/bios/all_bio_joseph_stalin.htm
Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, who would be later known as Josef Stalin, was born on December 18, 1879 in Gori, Georgia. He was the third child of his family, born to Yekaterina and her husband Vissarion Dzhugashivili. His mother was a poor shoemaker who argued her husband's job of working as a domestic servant. Young Iosif was the only child to survive infancy. Vissarion was a hard-drinking and abusive man, so when his son was only 5 years old, he left the family to work in a factory. Stalin was a somewhat deformed boy; smallpox had left his face with a scar for the rest of his life. Also, blood poisoning caused his left arm to grow shorter than is right. Despite that fact that he was deformed, he received good grades and joined the school choir.
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After Stalin missed his school exams and left school, he started to take part in labor demonstrations and strikes. He was involved in a party called the Bolsheviks, who were led by Vladimir Lenin. He was also associated with bank heists, where the money stolen was used to fund the Bolsheviks Party. These strikes later led to his many arrests and exiles from between 1902 to 1913. In 1912, Lenin, who was exiled in Switzerland at the time, established Stalin on the first Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party. Three years later, in November of 1917, their party seized power in Russia. In 1922, the Soviet Union was founded; Lenin was their first leader. Stalin had moved up the ranks during these years, but when Lenin died in 1924, Stalin strategically ruled out his rivals and won the power of the Communist Party. Stalin had become the dictator of the Soviet Union.
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Pact with Hitler
As war floated in the air in Europe in 1939, Stalin made a nonaggression pact with Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, an idea that seemed brilliant at the time. Stalin was convinced of Hitler's so-called honesty, so he ignored warnings from his military commanders that Germany was organizing troops on the eastern front. The Soviet army was completely unprepared and caught by surprise when the Nazi blitzkrieg attacked in 1941. The Soviets suffered enormous losses. Stalin was so upset and distressed that he hid in his office for many days. When Stalin finally regained his resolve, German armies captured Ukraine Belarus, while its artillery circled Leningrad.
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After WarStalin did not waste any precious time strengthening his power. He set up Communist regimes that blocked the west from Moscow in Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Easy Germany, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. This made the United States fearful enough to form the NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Stalin attempted to take control of Berlin in 1948. He encouraged North Korea to invade South Korea. The UN sent troops to defend South Korea, but Stalin was boycotting the UN. His acts caused anticommunism in the United States, increased aggression between the two countries. Stalin was still considered a hero at home for defeating Nazi Germany. He continued to control the Communist Party and the Soviet Unions powerfully.
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Ending Years
Stalin's health began to decline during the 1950's. A stroke left his body paralyzed on March 1, 1953. He died 4 days later on March 5. His death was described as a cerebral hemorrhage, which is an emergency condition where a ruptured vessel caused bleeding inside the brain. His body was placed in Lenin's mausoleum, right next to his former mentor and friend. Nikita Khrushchev, Stalin's successor, then start to reform the Soviet's policies. He revealed the cruelty of Stalin's purges and campaigns. Every trace of him was removed; he had gone from a hero to a villain in only a few years. They moved Stalin's body to prove that he was not worthy of being buried near Lenin. Although he was shamed after death, the Allies might have never defeated Nazi Germany without his help.
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