Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin[f][g] (born Dzhugashvili; [h] 18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician, revolutionary and political theorist who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.

Besarion Ivanes dze Jughashvili[a] (c. 1850 – 25 August 1909) was the father of Joseph Stalin. Born into a peasant family of serfs in Didi Lilo in Georgia, he moved to Tbilisi at a young age to be a shoemaker, working in a factory.

Born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia, to a cobbler and a house cleaner, he grew up in the city and attended school there before moving to Tiflis (modern-day Tbilisi) to join the Tiflis Seminary.

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin[c] (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili); [d] (18 December 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a communist revolutionary and politician who led the Soviet Union from 1924 to his death. In the Soviet Union, Stalin created a totalitarian political system now called Stalinism.

Besarion Ivanes dze Jughashvili [a] (c. 1850 – 25 August 1909) was the father of Joseph Stalin. Born into a peasant family of serfs in Didi Lilo in Georgia, he moved to Tbilisi at a young age to be a shoemaker, working in a factory.

Joseph Stalin was born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili on the 18th of December, 1878, in the town of Gori, Georgia, which was part of the Russian Empire. He was given the nickname “Soso” and grew up in a community composed of Russian, Armenian, Jewish, and Georgian people.

Joseph Stalin was born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili (Russian version: Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili) on OS December 18 (NS December 6), 1878, in Gori, Georgia. At that time, it was a small town in the Tiflis Governorate under the Russian Empire.

Stalin was born, Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili, on 18 December 1878 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.

Joseph Stalin was born on December 18, 1878, in the small town of Gori, Georgia, which was then part of the Russian Empire. His original name was Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jughashvili and he was the third child of Besarion Jughashvili, a cobbler, and Ekaterine Geladze, a housemaid.

Mar 22, 2010 · This article explores the sense of self exhibited by Ioseb ("Soso") Jughashvili, Stalin in statu nascendi, during the 1898-1907 period, when he served the Russian Social-Democratic Workers Party (RSDWP) as an activist mainly based in Tiflis.