Joseph Stalin's Influence On Society

Joseph Stalin was born into a peasant estate on December 18, 1878 to Vissarion and Ekaterina Stalin in Gori, Georgia. Little is known about Stalin’s father Vissarion, other than he became employed at a shoe factory when Stalin was about the age of ten; because he left his family when Stalin was still a child, Stalin had “very little to do with him” (Kuromiya 2) from that point forward. On the other hand, Ekaterina, Stalin’s mother was involved in her son’s life, trying to find lowly jobs, such as sewing, in order to support her poverty-stricken family. Kuromiya emphasizes not only Stalin’s economic struggles with living in poverty but also the minor physical deformities Stalin suffered with as a child, including blemishes from smallpox, a deformed …show more content…
He, along with other classmates, yearned for schooling opportunities that were just not available. In order to get around the censorship of the priests, Service discusses how the seminaries would frequently visit editorial offices and bookshops to read and discuss forbidden material including Georgian literature and language (37). Aside from his experiences in education, Stalin was very drawn to socialism, “joining the revolutionary movement when fifteen years old” (Boobbyer 100) demonstrating his affinity for politics even at a young age. However, Stalin’s ideology could be seen as being physically molded due to beatings he received as a child, allowing him to build up aggression to later exert on his country as a whole. According to his mother, expressed by Kuromiya, the reason Stalin turned out so well was because of his beatings (2). The impacts of the physical abuse, early political involvement, and school boycotts on Stalin both physically and mentally can be seen as shaping his political