1878–1899: Childhood to young adulthood
Stalin was born in Georgia in the town of Gori, then part of the Tiflis Governorate of the Russian Empire and home to a mix of Georgians Sjå meir

1924–1927: Succeeding Lenin
Lenin died in January 1924. Stalin took charge of the funeral and was a pallbearer; against the wishes of Lenin's widow. The Politburo … Sjå meir

1939–1941: Pact with Nazi Germany
As a Marxist–Leninist, Stalin considered conflict between competing capitalist powers inevitable; … Sjå meir

1945–1947: Post-war reconstruction and famine
After the war, Stalin was—according to Service—at the … Sjå meir

Ethnically Georgian, Stalin grew up speaking Georgian, and did not begin learning Russian until eight or nine. It has been argued his ancestry was Ossetian, because his genetic … Sjå meir

1917–1918: Consolidating power
On 26 October 1917, Lenin declared himself chairman of a new government, the Sjå meir

Stalin claimed to have embraced Marxism at the age of fifteen, and it served as the guiding philosophy throughout his adult life; according to … Sjå meir