JOSEPH STALIN

BACKGROUND INFO

• 1878-1953
• He was born into poverty
• Slightly deformed which left him open to cruelety as a kid
• Excelled in school but still dropped out in 1899
• In 1901 he was exiled to Siberia yet, managed an escape

POLITICAL BELEFS

• Joseph stalin was a communist
• He believed in the communist party

POWER ACHIEVED

• Was appointed the bolshevik party general ecretary in 1922
• Subsequently rose to power after the death of Vladimir Lenin
• Gained his power by force
• Created the Soviet Union ( USSR )
• Overall Stalin killed between 20 to 60 million of his own people

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT

• Stalin led an communist government
• He held a dictatorship
• One person ( Stalin) has complete power

INTERESTING FACTS

• Stailin roughly translated means " man of steel "
• His one arm was shorter than the other and he had scars from smallpox
• Stalin is known for experimenting and killing people out of boredom
• Was nominated for the nobel peace prize twice

JOSEPH STALIN