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Joseph Stalin was born on December 18, 1878 in a town named Gori, Russia. Stalin was a only child and grew up very poor. His father, a shoe maker was an heavy alcoholic beat a young Stalin often. Stalin received a scholarship from a seminary in the town of Tblisi. As he grew older Stalin began top read a lot of the "The Communist Manifesto" written by Karl Marx. This greatly interested Stalin and he grew more and more interested in a revolutionary movement against Russia. Stalin was expelled from school in 1899 for not attending his exams. Stalin resorted to a life of crime including bank robberies and theft in order to fund his political movement. Stalin married Ekaterina “Kato” Svanidze in 1906 and the couple had one son who later died in World War II. In 1912, Vladimir Lenin seized Russia and founded The Soviet Union. Stalin was on the Central Committee and he climbed the ladder until the death of Lenin in 1924. By 1927, Stalin grew to be the dictator of the Soviet Union. When Stalin first became the leader of the Soviet Union he produced a five year plan to turn the economy into a industrial powerhouse. Stalin begin to take control over farms and farmers who did not agree with him were executed. Since millions of farmers were murdered the country was in a dangerous shortage of food, which killed millions more. Stalin was labelled a totalitarian and slaughtered any person who disputed him. Stalin is most famous for signing the non-aggression pact in 1939 between himself and Adolf Hitler right before WWII. Germany broke their promise and invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. In Stalin's last years he became even more paranoid and continued his terrorism and purges until his death on March 5, 1953. Stalin suffered a massive stroke and his body was buried near the Kremlin Wall. Joseph Stalin made a massive impact in WWII and Russia during his time of rule.

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