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Joseph Stalin. “Man of Steel”. The young Stalin. Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia He was born on December 21, 1879 He was his mother's fourth child to be born in less than four years.
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Joseph Stalin “Man of Steel”
The young Stalin • Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia • He was born on December 21, 1879 • He was his mother's fourth child to be born in less than four years. • The first three died and as Joseph was prone to bad health, his mother feared on several occasions that he would also die.
About Stalin • Joseph experienced the poverty that most peasants had to endure in Russia at the end of the 19th century. • At the age of seven he contacted with smallpox.It left a scar on his face and he became known as “pocky”.
Joseph Stalin as a dictator • WW2 leaders-Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin. (top)Stalin monument (right)
Stalin’s family life • Stalin’s son Yakov finally shot himself because of Stalin’s harshness toward him. • Yakov ended up surviving. After this Stalin said, “He can’t even shoot straight”. • Yakov served in the Red Army during World War II and was captured by the Germans. • Stalin’s first wife. Stalin • and • children.
Speech given by stalin • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkCXtMHCUTc
Accomplishments • As the ruler of Russia, Stalin was the leader of world communism for almost thirty years. • Stalin was also involved in the Russian Revolution in 1917 • He also led his country alongside America and England through World War 2.
sources • 1945, April, and Germany faced its last days with 1.9 million German soldiers in the East fighting 6.4 million Red Army soldiers while 1 million German soldiers in the West battled 4 million Western Allied soldiers.. "Joseph Stalin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 31 Mar. 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_stalin>. • Joseph Stalin Biography." Encyclopedia of World Biography. 31 Mar. 2009 <http://www.notablebiographies. • "Joseph Stalin." World History course and essays in Biblical perspective. 31 Mar. 2009 <http://www.hyperhistory.net/apw • October, 1941, German troops were only fifteen miles outside Moscow. Orders were given for a mass evacuation of the city. In two weeks, two million people left Moscow, Stalin, and as Supreme Commander-in-Chief. "Joseph Stalin." Spartacus Educational - Home Page. 31 Mar. 2009 <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSstalin.htm>. • "World War Two Leaders." Woodlands Junior School Tonbridge Kent UK. 31 Mar. 2009 <http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/war/leaders.html>.