Joseph Stalin was born on the 18th of December in 1878. He was born into a poor Russian Empire peasant village in nowadays Georgia. His dad was a cobbler and his mom was a washerwoman. He had a rough childhood and was made fun of a lot by other kids. He was also Permanently scarred after having smallpox and his left arm was partially deformed from a wagon accident when he was eleven. His mom later on enrolled him into a Greek orthodox priesthood school. Afterwards he then attended the Tiflis Spiritual Seminary after receiving a scholarship their. He was later expelled by missing his final exams.
Afterwards Stalin joined the communist party and his start to his rise of power was rather quick starting in 1922 when he was appointed as general
Afterwards Stalin joined the communist party and his start to his rise of power was rather quick starting in 1922 when he was appointed as general