Stalin By Jessie Cheung

History Presentation

Basic Information

Name: Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Known as Joseph Stalin means)

Birth: December 21, 1879 Place: Gori, Georgia Dead: March 5, 1953 (74 years old) Place: Moscow, Russia

Childhood Father was a bootmaker and mother was a

washer The forth Children, the first three died Bad health since born His mother was very protective towards him Beat by father → hatred of authority Age of 9, father left the family without

support

~ School life I ~

Started his education at age of eight in Gori Church School

Spoke Georgian, but forced to speak Russian Favorite hero was Koba, a legendary mountain ran

ger → became Stalin’s 1st alias “revolutionary” Age of 14, he graduated first in his class and awar

ded a scholarship to the Seminary of Tiflis Because of the lack of locally available university e

ducation, he attended to Seminary

~ School life II ~

he joined a secret organization called Messame Dassy (supporters of Georgian independence from Russia ) while studying at the seminary

Stalin first came to contact with the idea of Karl Marx

Age of 20, expelled from the seminary Work as a clerk at the Tiflis Observatory Began writing articles for socialist Georgian

newspaper

♥ Marriage ♥

In 1907, first wife, Ekaterina Svanidze died, only four years after their marriage

Had a son called Yakov Dzhugashvili

In 1932, second wife, Nadeshda Alliluyeva died by shooting herself after a quarrel with Stalin

Had a son, Vasiliy, and a daughter, SvetlanaSecretly married to a third wife name

d Rosa Kaganovich ?

Political life start I

1901, Stalin joined the Social Democratic Party 1902, Stalin was arrested 1903, dispute between Vladimir Lenin and Julius

Martov 1904 Stalin escaped from Siberia and identified hi

mself with the Bolsheviks 1905, Stalin made a name as the organizer of darin

g bank robberies and raids on money transports, he was invited to meet Lenin in Finland

Stalin met Lenin in congresses

Political life start II

1910, Changed his name to Stalin Became a follower of Lenin Stalin remained in exile during WWI 1917, Russian monarchy was crumbed, Stalin

returned 1917, Stalin was editor of Pravda Helped the Bolsheviks in the November Revolution

in 1918 Established a Communist government Communists fought a civil war against democratic

forces

Rise to Power I

During the Russian Civil War, Stalin was a political commissar in the Red Army

His first government position was as People’s Commissar of Nationalities Affairs during 1917–1923

member of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets (from 1917)

Also was People's Commissar of the Workers and Peasants Inspection (1919–1922)

member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the republic (1920–23)

Rise to Power II

On April 3, 1922, Stalin was the General Committee of the Central Communist Committee of the All-Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

1922, he disagreed with Lenin over the issue of foreign trade → Lenin began to fear

Lenin died in 1924 Acted like the leader of the Soviet Union Gained power, Stalin continued Lenin's New

Economic Policy

A gainst the opponents I

Left-wing Joined forces with two left-wing member

s of the Politburo, Gregory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev → keep Leon Trotsky away from power

1925, removed his emery Leon Trotsky

Trotsky and Zinoviev were expelled from the party and Kamenev lost his seat on the Central Committee during the 15th Congress in 1927

A gainst the opponents II

Right-wing Gained popular appeal from his presentation

'man of the people' from the poorer classes concentrating in building "Socialism in One C

ountry" → optimistic ban on factionalism Got absolute power until the Great Purge ,

1937–1938

Great Purge 1938

The Great Purge is the name given to campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union controlled by Stalin during 1937 to 1938.

It involved the purge of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the persecution of unaffiliated persons, both occurring within a period characterized by omnipresent police surveillance, widespread suspicion of "saboteurs", imprisonment, and killings.

World War II

Signed Non-aggressive Pact with German in Sept 23, 1939

Ended by June 22, 1941 when German invaded Soviet Union

During WWII

November, 1943, Stalin met Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt in Iran

February, 1945, Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met again in Yalta

Promised to enter the war against Japan

After WWII Leaded Soviet to victory against the Nazis set up of communist regimes in Rumania, Bulgar

ia, Hungary, East Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia

In 1948, Stalin ordered an economic blockade of Berlin

Soon recognized Mao's People’s Republc of China

In 1950, he encouraged Kim II Sung, the communist ruler of North Korea, to invade South Korea

A meeting between Stalin and Mao Zedong after the CCP's 1949 victory over the KMT in the Chinese Civil War

Question 1

Which child of Stalin was capturedby Germany? A: YakovB: VasiliyC: SvetlanaD: Nadeshda

Question 2Who is not the enemy of Stalin after he became the leader of Soviet? A: Leon Trotsky B: Gregory ZinovievC: Lev Kamenev D: Vladimir Lenin

Question 3When did Great Purge take place?

A:1935 - 1936B:1936 - 1937C:1937 - 1938D:1939 - 1940

Question 4Why did Stalin order an economic blockade of Berlin

retaliation

True False

Bibliography

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