JOSEPH STALIN

WHERE

• Born in Gori Georgia
• Died near Moscow Russia
• He went to seminary to become a priest, and was expelled for being radical
• Leader of Russia (Soviet Union)

WHEN

• Born on December 8, 1878
• Died on March 5, 1953
• Became major leader in 1917
• In 1885 he contracted smallpox

BOLSHEVIK REVOLOUTIONARIES

• He was a political revolutionist
• Went to jail multiple times
• Helped cause the Russian revolution
• Was appointed to the first committee of the Bolshevik parties

DEATH AND LEAGCIES

• Turned Russia from a peasant country to a superpower
• Died of Hemorrhagic stroke (blood vessel in the brain popping)
• One of the biggest cities in the country was named after him

FAMILY

• Widower at 41
• All natural born children died at a young age
• Married Nadezhda Alliluyeva (2nd wife)