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A young Joseph Stalin before the USSR
![]() ![]() ![]() 1901 Stalin at age 23. Image: Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty Images 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... More about Russia, History, Communism, Us World, and Retronaut |
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