Joseph Stalin Narrative Essay

Part 1
In 1879 two Georgian peasants conceived what would be USSR’s most cruel, power-hungry and diabolical ruler for 25 years, Josif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. During his childhood he had to endure an abusive father, a bout with smallpox and a freak accident that resulted in an arm deformity. ‘Soso’ as he was referred to by his mother and classmates, trained to become a priest at Tbilisi Theological Seminary but was expelled for taking part in revolutionary activities and having organized a Marxist group . In 1903 he was drawn into the revolutionary circles of Vladimir Lenin’s Bolshevik Party, the state’s first communist party. Lenin saw in Dzhugashvili, a man of action, a man who can get things done, unlike the brilliant orator known as Leon Trotsky and the many other intellectuals already in the movement. He distributed illegal literature, organized workers and even robbed a bank to support his cause. In 1912 he adopted the name Stalin, which fittingly means “man of ...