A young Joseph Stalin before the USSR
 

A young Joseph Stalin before the USSR
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1901

Stalin at age 23.

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Stalin was **t his name.*

Born in Georgia, then part of the Russian Empire, in 1878, *Ioseb*Jughashvili*was the son of a failing cobbler and a housemaid.*

His father Besarion was an *******ic, and, following an attack on the town's chief of police, was sent into exile.*

In 1894, 16-year-old Ioseb attained a scholarship to Russia'a primary*Russian Orthodox*seminary. By the end of his first year, Ioseb had decided he did **t believe in God.


Despite this decision, he remained in the seminary until 1899, when he was expelled for **t sitting his final exams. But Ioseb had more significant issues occupying his mind; he read Lenin's works and enrolled in a Marxist political group. * Read more...

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