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Stalin

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.

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Stalin

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  1. Stalin By Jessie Cheung History Presentation

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. ~ 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 ranger → became Stalin’s 1st alias “revolutionary” • Age of 14, he graduated first in his class and awarded a scholarship to the Seminary of Tiflis • Because of the lack of locally available university education, he attended to Seminary

  5. ~ 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

  6. ♥ 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, Svetlana Secretly married to a third wife named Rosa Kaganovich ?

  7. 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 himself with the Bolsheviks • 1905, Stalin made a name as the organizer of daring bank robberies and raids on money transports, he was invited to meet Lenin in Finland • Stalin met Lenin in congresses

  8. 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

  9. 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)

  10. 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

  11. Against the opponents I Left-wing • Joined forces with two left-wing members of the Politburo, Gregory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev → keep Leon Trotskyaway 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

  12. Against 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 Country" → optimistic • ban on factionalism • Got absolute power until the Great Purge, 1937–1938

  13. 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.

  14. World War II • Signed Non-aggressive Pact with German in Sept 23, 1939 • Ended by June 22, 1941 when German invaded Soviet Union

  15. 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

  16. After WWII • Leaded Soviet to victory against the Nazis • set up of communist regimes in Rumania, Bulgaria, 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

  17. A meeting between Stalin and Mao Zedong after the CCP's 1949 victoryover the KMT in the Chinese Civil War

  18. Question 1 Which child of Stalin was captured by Germany? A: Yakov B: Vasiliy C: Svetlana D: Nadeshda

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

  20. Question 3 When did Great Purge take place? A:1935 - 1936 B:1936 - 1937 C:1937 - 1938 D:1939 - 1940

  21. Question 4 Why did Stalin order an economicblockade of Berlin retaliation True False

  22. Bibliography Wikipedia • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalin Joseph Stalin • http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSstalin.htm Book rages • http://www.bookrags.com/Joseph_Stalin?gclid=CKDw9cax2osCFQlQWAod7lJocQ • http://www.bookrags.com/biography/joseph-stalin/ Youtube • http://youtube.com/watch?v=m3WcJhjRnng&mode=related&search=

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