Joseph Stalin: A Cruel Man

Joseph Stalin, a man infamous for his cruel rule and absolute reign of terror, sacrificing the lives of millions in order to feed his hunger for power. He left scars upon his country, but had also improved it on his quest for more. But what exactly lead a man like Stalin, someone with such potential, to become a tyrant? Was he always such a cruel man? Who exactly was this man to begin with? Joseph Stalin, or known as losif Vissarionovich Djugashvili at birth, was born on Dec. 21, 1879 in a town near Georgia, a mountainous area that was the southwestern part of the Russian empire, called Gori. He was the fourth and only living child, the first three had died, of Vissarion Ivanovich Djugashvili, a village shoemaker who was said to have been an abusive drunkard, and Ekaterina Gheladze Djugashvili, who became a washerwoman to support her family. At a young age he had gained …show more content…
Between 1905 and 1913 he got arrested and exiled a number of times, spending 7 or 10 years between 1907 and 1917 in either prison or exile. Stalin was in exile during WW1, during which he had wrote an article with Lenin’s help in 1913 and served as an editor for a Bolshevik newspaper before his final arrest and exile, and was released from exile, along with fellow Bolsheviks, by the government after it had ended. Later in 1917 there was the Bolshevik revolution, which was a success, and from there Stalin begins to plot his takeover. During the rebuilding of the war-torn country, Stalin had been gaining more power, which had disturbed Lenin and due to his health condition he couldn't do much but warn others with a note before death. After him and others read the note he had promised to improve, but he didn't follow