Joseph stalin brief biography of benjamin

Joseph Stalin (18 December –- 5 March ) Stalin was absolute ruler of the Soviet Union from until his death in Stalin presided over the industrialisation of the Soviet economy and was the supreme war leader during the Second World War.

In consolidating his absolute power, he ordered many &#;purges&#; in which people in positions of power were executed or sent to gulags. Stalin was also instrumental in the formation of the Cold War and annexation of Eastern European countries after the end of WWII.

Short Bio &#; Joseph Stalin

Stalin was born, Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili, on 18 December  but later adopted the name of Stalin &#; which in Russia means man of steel.

In his early life, he only gained a rudimentary education and was drawn towards Communist ideology and became involved in robberies and violence against Tsarist sympathisers.

Stalin was captured and sent to Siberia, but he managed to escape.

In , Stalin played a key role in the Russian revolution; he gained control