Josef Stalin

Jughashvili started using his assumed name of "Stalin", roughly translating as ‘man of steel’, in 1910. Stalin's father was abusive to his mother and himself. Stalin was studying to become a preist.

Joself Stalin

Young Life

Josef Stalin ruled by terror and with a totalitarian rule.He expanded the powers of the secret police, encouraged citizens to spy on one another and had millions of people killed or sent to the Gulag system of forced labor camps.

-Stalin only came in at 5’4,” which is what earned President Truman’s nickname, “the little squirt.” -His constant chase for perfection and success helped him gain scholarship to Tifilis Theological Semenary in the year 1894.

Facts about Stalin

Stalin's Rule