Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, originally called Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili[1] was the Georgian native Soviet leader from 1922 until his death in 1953. Originally governing the USSR with a collective leadership under Vladimir Lenin
Early Life
Dzhugashvili was born in destitute conditions in the diverse city of Gori—which included Jews in its population— with an abusive father. He was the only member of the Dzhugashvili family to live past infancy.
He was encouraged by his father to go into his trade, while his devout Orthodox mother wanted him to go to religious seminary. The mother won out and to seminary he went. The young Dzhugashvili began finding rebellious texts, including the Communist Manifesto written by one Karl Marx. Owing to this rebellion, eventually Dzhugashvili left from the Seminary and he took his matters elsewhere, becoming an Atheist and slowly descending into the monster he'd later become.
As a Social Democrat
After being kicked out of Seminary, the young Dzhugashvili joined the Social Democrats in 1901 and engaged in many socialist parades including May Day of 1901.