Early Life
Despite popular belief, Stalin was not Russian, but rather born in this country
What is Georgia (Not the U.S)
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“Joseph Stalin.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2023, www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Stalin.
After reading the work of Karl Marx as a student at Tiflis Theology Seminary, Stalin became a well-known Marxist. After the revolutionaries split, Stalin decided to side with this group, because of their more militant approach.
What are Bolsheviks
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After Stalin took power away from Trotsky, the original heir after Lennon, he implemented a "socialism in one country" policy rather than waiting for help from other countries. This was popular with the party leaders he was promoting in the middle government. During this time, all of Stalin's biggest rivals were dismissed including Trotsky who had this unfortunate fate fall upon him.
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In August of 1939, Stalin tried to start an anti-Hitler group with other countries that would eventually form the Allied powers. Eventually, however, he sided with Hitler and signed a pact that encouraged the world-altering invasion of this European country.
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Despite going by a name that has become synonymous throughout the course of history, Joseph Stalin was not his original name. Instead, he went by___
Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili
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“10 Things You Didn’t Know about Joseph Stalin.” Sky HISTORY TV Channel, www.history.co.uk/shows/wwii-secret-army/articles/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-joseph-stalin. Accessed 18 May 2023.
Stalin's face was given distinct markings after coming down with this disease as a young boy.
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Originally after the Bolsheviks returned to Russia, Stalin wanted to work in tandem with the provisional government that had replaced the former Tzar. After talking with a man he held a deep respect for in Vladimir Lenon, however, he decided to take this approach.
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Shortly after taking power, Stalin dismissed Lennon's New Economic Policy and implemented his own series of 5-year plans that were more devastating than the revolution. The most affected Russian population were these kinds of people. If they refused to cooperate the ____ or the military would attack them.
What is the peasant class
What was the OGPU
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Even though Stalin had signed a pact with the unstable Germans, he still wanted to increase his relations with the Western powers. To do this, he annexed these 5 countries, either in full or partially.
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During WWII after the capture of his son Jacob by the Germans, Stalin declined a return deal that included this important German official.
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(Defense Media Network)
Zimmerman, Dwight. “The Tragedy of Yakov Stalin.” Defense Media Network, www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/the-tragedy-of-yakov-stalin/. Accessed 17 May 2023.
Rather than working in politics, Josephs Stalin's mother wanted him to take up this Holy profession
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Because of his work as a politician and military leader during the Russian Revolution, Stalin was given these three positions, the last of which being the most important and powerful.
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Another popular punishment for the uncooperative, AKA Kulaks, was being arrested, shot, or exiled. Maybe the worst punishment of all was this punishment which would soon be made popular by another famous European dictator.
What were concentration camps
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Even with the prewar defensive measures taken by Stalin, the German blitzkrieg attack on June 22, 1941, rolled deep into Russian territory. The Germans continued rolling through Russia, including near the city of Moscow, until this time of year.
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After Stalin's death, his youngest child Svetlana Alliluyeva defected from the USSR and eventually ended up in the U.S. After a couple more stops around the states, she eventually found a home outside this state capitol.
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In 1904, Stalin married a woman by the name of ... who, sadly, passed away 3 years later. Before she passed, the two had a son named Jacob who was hated by his father because of what personal event in the early 1920s.
Who is Ekaterina Svanidze
What is a suicide attempt.
Because of Stalin's willingness to complete mundane and boring desk work, he was able to out outmaneuver his biggest rival including these two infamous characters from the Russian Revolution. These two men thought that Stalin was inferior due to being a Georgian and didn't view him as a threat.
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One of the most devastating rules implemented by Stalin was that of collectivization. Collectivization, was when Russia continued to export grain out of Ukraine, even as a famine ripped through the area which resulted in the death of this many people. The famine would eventually be called this word, which combined the Ukrainian words for hunger and extermination.
What is 10 million deaths
What is Holodomor
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Even with the German army right at the Russian capital's footsteps, Stalin decided to stay in the city to help form a counterattack. The strategies would eventually lead to victory in these two important battles.
What were the battles of Stalingrad and Kursk
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One of Stalin's favorite drinks was this alcoholic Georgian wine.
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Stalin only worked one paying job on record before becoming a politician. Where did he work and what did he do?
What is a clerk at the Tiflis Observatory
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After the death of Lennon, Stalin decided to promote his own power and brought people in his posse into positions of power. One way he did this was by renaming this famous Russian city.
What is Stalingrad
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Along with the policy of collectivization, Stalin implemented a policy named industrialization. Although less disastrous the collectivization, it did cause what kind of business men to become "self-denounced scapegoats".
What are industrial managers
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After the end of the war, Stalin took part in many meetings, including the meeting of the "big three" between Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and himself. Also, this man talked about how well Stalin was during the negotiations after the war.
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Due to Joseph's status as a short king, as he was only listed as 5'4, President Harry Truman gave him this nickname.
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