Photos of a Young Joseph Stalin, 1878-1921
Joseph Stalin was born on December 18, 1878, in the peasant village of Gori, Georgia, to Vissarion Dzhugashvili, a cobbler, and his wife, Yekaterina. Because his parents were strict Georgian Orthodox Christians, Stalin had a very religious upbringing. Like many poor children in the Russian Empire, Stalin suffered numerous ailments as a child. He contracted […]
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