Joseph Stalin, the dictator of the USSR ( Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) between 1929 and 1953, was born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili (იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე ჯუღაშვილი) in Georgian but Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Иосиф Виссарионович Джугашвили) in Russian. He was born in Gori, Georgia, which was then part of the Russian empire on the 18th of December 1878. However, he made a new birthdate up for himself claiming that he was born on the 21st of December 1879. He had an exceedingly tough childhood as his family were very poor and he was an only child. His father, who was a shoemaker and an alcoholic, beat Stalin lots of times and his mother was a laundrette. At the age of 7, Stalin got smallpox which left lifelong scars on his
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Stalin was the leader of the Communist party from 1922 he then rose to power in 1924 until his death in 1953. When the party overthrew the Tsar in 1917, Vladimir Lenin took over and started the long reign of dictatorship. When Lenin died, however, lots of people wanted the position. Stalin took advantage of this and tricked and murdered everyone that wanted it. This meant that he became the new dictator of the USSR. You could argue that Stalin was a brilliant man because he changed the Russian Empire from a poverty-rich peasant society to an industrial superpower. To do this, he set up a plan known as “The Five Year Plan” which reduced unemployment and improved the production of materials such as food and metal. However, Stalin wasn’t all good. If you didn’t agree with him and his government, and they found out, you would be sent to labour or concentration camps called Gulags by Stalin’s secret police force known as NKVD or Narodny Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del which translates to People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs or were executed. This meant that he created the worst man-made famine in …show more content…
Just before, in 1939, Hitler and Stalin made a pact. Hitler, however broke his promise by invading Russia. He severely underestimated Stalin’s power and the siege that followed, the battle of Stalingrad, lasted five months, one week and three days. By this time, neither side had much food. Eventually, German troops surrendered.
By the end of World War Two, the USSR had lost over 20 million men which was much more than any other country. This led to Stalin demanding most of the countries in Eastern Europe. He got his wish and the USSR now stretched to the Baltic and the Adriatic Sea.
How Stalin died, is a complete mystery. Although historians tend to lean towards the idea that he was poisoned, there is significant evidence to show that he died from an Intracerebral Hemorrhage or a bleeding in the brain. He had been suffering from ill health for quite a long time but at his final dinner, Stalin was with four members of his Politburo and it is highly likely that this is where the alleged poisoning happened.
However he died, one thing that is known for certain is that he died on March, 5
Stalin was the leader of the Communist party from 1922 he then rose to power in 1924 until his death in 1953. When the party overthrew the Tsar in 1917, Vladimir Lenin took over and started the long reign of dictatorship. When Lenin died, however, lots of people wanted the position. Stalin took advantage of this and tricked and murdered everyone that wanted it. This meant that he became the new dictator of the USSR. You could argue that Stalin was a brilliant man because he changed the Russian Empire from a poverty-rich peasant society to an industrial superpower. To do this, he set up a plan known as “The Five Year Plan” which reduced unemployment and improved the production of materials such as food and metal. However, Stalin wasn’t all good. If you didn’t agree with him and his government, and they found out, you would be sent to labour or concentration camps called Gulags by Stalin’s secret police force known as NKVD or Narodny Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del which translates to People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs or were executed. This meant that he created the worst man-made famine in …show more content…
Just before, in 1939, Hitler and Stalin made a pact. Hitler, however broke his promise by invading Russia. He severely underestimated Stalin’s power and the siege that followed, the battle of Stalingrad, lasted five months, one week and three days. By this time, neither side had much food. Eventually, German troops surrendered.
By the end of World War Two, the USSR had lost over 20 million men which was much more than any other country. This led to Stalin demanding most of the countries in Eastern Europe. He got his wish and the USSR now stretched to the Baltic and the Adriatic Sea.
How Stalin died, is a complete mystery. Although historians tend to lean towards the idea that he was poisoned, there is significant evidence to show that he died from an Intracerebral Hemorrhage or a bleeding in the brain. He had been suffering from ill health for quite a long time but at his final dinner, Stalin was with four members of his Politburo and it is highly likely that this is where the alleged poisoning happened.
However he died, one thing that is known for certain is that he died on March, 5