Modern Russia and The Soviet Union: Stalin :: Russian Russia History

new(a) Russia and The Soviet Union StalinModern Russia and The Soviet Union Stalins character was the master(prenominal) reason for his rise to power Stalin was born as Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili on declination 21, 1879 in Gori, Georgia. He grew up in a mountain townspeople of about 5,000 people. He was the third and solitary(prenominal) surviving child of Vissarion Dzhugashvili and Catherine Geladze. His military chaplain used to drink and beat him and his mother this made Stalin very unwarmed hearted. A friend commented on his behaviour, Those undeserved and fearful beatings made the boy as hard and heartless as his father. His father died in a brawl when Stalin was only 11. Stalin was enrolled in the village at schooling at the age of eight. He was an intelligent student and was top of his class. He read many books, which glorified Georgians past. Georgia was an independent country until the Russian Tsars conquered it. One book that had a deep affect on Stalin was a book similar to that of Robin Hood. His name was Koba and he hated the Russians and penalise their crimes against the Georgians. His acts were very ruthless and bloody. Stalin began to call himself Koba and this caught on with his friends. He was later to happen upon on this pseudonym when he was in hiding from the tsars police. By 1894, Stalin had faultless all of his schooling and had received a scholarship to the theological seminary in Tiflis, the capital of Georgia. The theological seminary building was dark and depressing. The students could have no privateness and were spied on by the Russian Orthodox monks. The monks also checked their rooms to see what they were reading and carefully scheduled each day, with prayer and study. Students had only one short break in the afternoon where they would go into the city under inflexible supervision. At archetypical Stalin seemed to fit in with the strict schedule. He did well in his schoolwork and received the highest marks for conduct. He found time to write poetry of which were romantic and nationalistic, these poems were published in a Georgian magazine devoted to the preservation of Georgian culture. piecemeal Stalin became frustrated under the harsh regime. Years later, Stalin told an interviewer In protest against the outrageous....methods paramount in the seminary, I was ready to become, and actually did become, a revolutionary. In 1898 Stalin took his first step towards a revolutionary lifestyle when he joined a Marxist group in Tiflis.