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Joseph Stalin is one of the most notorious figures in history. It all started in 1875, with a young Caucasian, Vissarion Ivanovich (son of Ivan) Djugashvili, set out from the village Didi – Lilo, near Tiflis, the capital of the Caucasus, to settle in the little Georgian country town of Gori. There he started a small shoemaker's business. Vissarion Djugashvili was the son of Geogian peasants who only ten years before had still been surfs. He was just a slave to some Georgian landlord. He would never have been free to leave his native village and become an independent artisan. Certainly the day came where Vissarion, then must have left his village in a mood of hopeful elevation. He had become a free man, and now as an independent artisan he hoped to achieve some prosperity. In Gori he married a girl of similar origin – Ekaterina, the daughter of the serf George Gheladze, of the village of Gambareuelli. Ekaterina got married when she was only 15 years old, which was not right at the time. Then, in the dark, one-and-a-half-roble dwelling, Ekaterina gave birth to three children in the years from 1875 to 1878. All three died soon after the birth. Ekaterina was hardly twenty when on 21, December 1879 she gave birth to a fourth child. By a freak of fortune this child was to grow into a healthy, wiry, and self-willed boy. At baptism he was given the name of Joseph; and so the local Greek Orthodox priest, who acted as registrar, recorded the appearance in this world of Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili, after to become famous under the name of Joseph Stalin (Deutscher, Isaac 12)

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...alin; a Political Biography. New York: Oxford UP, 1967. Print.
This book will tell me about Stalin's ideology of communism and how I related to him, and as well as him being a politician.

Gellately, Robert. Stalin's Curse: Battling for Communism in War and Cold War. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.
In this book it will explain, the Stalin's major role, that made him a powerful leader in the soviet Union.

"Joseph Stalin's Rise To Power." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2014.
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"Joseph Stalin (1879 - 1953)." BBC News. BBC, n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2014.
This website will show the curent events, facts ideas that passed in Stalin's life.

"Joseph Stalin." Joseph Stalin. Chris Trueman, n.d. Web. 09 Feb. 2014.

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