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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Joseph Stalin
| birthname =
| image = CroppedStalin1943.jpg
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| caption =
| office       = [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|General secretary]] of the [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Central Committee]] of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]
| term_start   = 3 April 1922
(contracted; show full)]]. He then fought a bloody war after Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The end of the war saw Stalin gain control of all [[Eastern Europe]] including [[East Germany|a part of Germany]]. There, a series of loyal [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] [[single-party state]]s were set up, extending his power and determining the Soviet Union's position as a [[superpower]].

Stalin replaced [[Vladimir Lenin]] as leader of the Soviet Union. 

==Stalin's name==
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==Early life==

Ioseb Vissarionovich Jugashvili was born in a small one room house in Gori, [[Georgia (country)]]. His father made and fixed [[shoe]]s.<ref name=bbc>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/stalin_joseph.shtml |title=Joseph Stalin (1879 - 1953) |accessdate=2009-02-01 |format= |work=Historic Figures }}</ref> His father was often drunk and used to hit his wife and his son until his death in a fight in 1890. Joseph had [[smallpox]] when he was young. This left his face [[scar]]red. Later, [[photograph]]s were often changed to hide the scars.<ref name=pb/> His left arm was also shorter because of an accident. He was educated at the Gori church school. Stalin studied to be a [[priest]] at a [[seminary]] (school for priests) in [[Tbilisi]].<ref>{{Cite web
 |url= http://www.pbs.org/redfiles/bios/all_bio_joseph_stalin.htm
 |title=Biography: Joseph Stalin
 |work=pbs.org
 |accessdate=18 November 2010
}}</ref> He was an active student reading many books, especially books that were not allowed by the seminary. This included books by [[Karl Marx]]. He joined a [[Marxism|Marxist]] group in 1898, the Mesame Dasi, or Group Three.<ref name=pb>{{cite book | last =Blundell | first = Nigel| authorlink = | coauthors = | title =A Pictorial History of Joseph Stalin | publisher =Promotional Reprint Company Ltd. | date =1996 | location =London | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =1856483266 }}</ref>bornb in a ditych stetlan was dropped from a small heighy nand did the enr

==Revolutionary==
He left school in 1899 and got a job at the Tbilisi Physical Institute.<ref name=pb/> He joined groups that were trying to start a [[revolution]] to remove the [[Tsar]]. They wanted a different type of government. The police raided his house in 1901 while hunting for people who opposed the government. Stalin escaped but went into hiding so the police could not find him. He organized anti-government activities such as May Day marches and protests. He became a [[Bolshevik]]. He suppo(contracted; show full)[[Category:Soviet politicians]]
[[Category:Time People of the Year]]
[[Category:World War II people]]
[[Category:1878 births]]
[[Category:1953 deaths]]

{{Cold War figures}}
{{Time Persons of the Year 1927–1950}}