Report On Joseph Stalin

His real name was Iosib Dzhugashvili but at age 24 he changed it to Joseph Stalin, meaning ‘man of steel’, and the Stalin part was the truest thing about him.

One of the cruelest men in History, Stalin was studying to become an Orthodox priest but then joined a immense rebellion against Nicholas II, the living czar at the time. This rebellion was led by Lenin in 1917, the leader of the Bolshevik’s and the one who believed the rich should give their land to the poor.

Nicholas II and his family were killed and Lenin took the throne as Emperor. When he died, Joseph Stalin became dictator of the new communist government. Even being apart of the new government was not enough for Stalin. He had a law made that all farmers should join together to produce more food If the exact amount was not given, the farmers were severely punished, killed, or sent to labor camps in Siberia. Most of the people who died during Stalin’s reign were starved, so Stalin’s ‘collective’ idea didn’t help feed the people of Russia.

Also St. Petersburg was renamed Leningard in honor of Lenin, Stalin made a glass coffin for Lenin so all the Russians could see Lenin’s body as they passed thru Red Square.

At that time Russian had one Political party. During Stalin’s time, a White army who were revolting against Stalin and the Red Army who were lead by Stalin went to war which lasted three years. The Red army won victorious with all the political support which gave them strength.
Stalin wanted Russia to be a country known for its mines, railroads, and factories. Many men were ordered to work on the rails and leave their families. If they refused they were arrested and sent to Gulag, the worst concentration camp. which was named after isolated islands in the ocean.

Under Stalin the defeat of Germany, the helping of Communist North Korea took place. Stalin took control of several small countries in Eastern Europe. He died in 1953, a steel, cold man.

A note: This hasn't been corrected yet and so I may switch this out with the corrected report. Fell free to critique in comments. I didn't really enjoy writing about Stalin but it was a topic that also included a history lesson.

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Homeschool assignment is writing a report on Joseph Stalin. I am really not into researching his life, he was one of the cruelest men in history. The interesting thing though about his life is that he was studying to become an orthodox priest, I was taken aback. This was before he got into communism.

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