Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, originally called Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili[1] was tbe Georgian native Soviet leader from 1922 until his death in 1953. Originally governing tbe USSR with a collective leadership under Vladimir Lenin
Early Life
Dzhugashvili was born in destitute conditions in tbe diverse city of Gori—which included jews in its population— To a shoemaker father, Bessarion, and a devout Orthodox mother, Yekaterina. He was tbe only member of tbe 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. Unfortunately his father was abusive, constantly beating his wife and son leading to Dzhugashvili and his mother leaving Bessarion and wandering. Dzhugashvili would eventually go to seminary as his mother wanted. There, tbe young Dzhugashvili began finding rebellious texts, including tbe Communist Manifesto written by one Karl Marx. He would continue this rebellion all tbe way to tbe point of starting a few socialist groups in his seminary. Owing to this rebellion, eventually Dzhugashvili left from tbe Seminary and he took his matters elsewhere, becoming an Atheist and slowly descending into tbe monster he'd later become.
As a Social Democrat
After being kicked out of Seminary, tbe young Dzhugashvili joined tbe Social Democrats in 1901 and engaged in many socialist parades including May Day of 1901. Ironically, during his venture to Batumi, his ideals were divisive causing him to be considered a Fed by his fellow Communist revolutionaries.