Joseph Stalin: Difference between revisions

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Repressions

[[Censorship]]

~~Totalitarism ~~

[[Dictatorship]]

[[~~Authoritarianism~~]]

[[Ethnic cleansing]]

Wrongful imprisonments

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=== Early life ===

[[File:Young stalin screenshot.jpg|left|thumb|~~264x264px~~|Young Stalin's Mugshot]]

[[File:Young stalin screenshot.jpg|left|thumb|249x249px|Young Stalin's Mugshot]]

Stalin was born as Ioseb Jughashvili to a Georgian family in Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (now in modern Georgia) on December 18th, 1878. He was born into a poor family, two of his siblings died in infancy prior to his birth. His father [[Besarion Jughashvili|Besarion]] was an alcoholic and beat his wife named Keke and Joseph. He later changed his surname to "Stalin", meaning "Man of Steel" in Russian. He became interested in Marxism at a young age after reading some of [[Vladimir Lenin]]'s works. It was that this time that he joined the Bolshevik party. The party needed money and the young Stalin started doing bank heists to earn money for the party. Between 1902 and 1913, he got arrested eight times. In June 1907, Stalin along with other Bolsheviks were involved in a major bank robbery in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia) in which they hijacked a stagecoach along with the police and guards. They got away with 241,000 rubles.

Stalin was born as Ioseb Jughashvili to a Georgian family in Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (now in modern Georgia) on December 18th, 1878. He was born into a poor family, two of his siblings died in infancy prior to his birth. His father [[Besarion Jughashvili|Besarion]] was an alcoholic and beat his wife named Keke and Joseph. He later changed his surname to "Stalin", meaning "Man of Steel" in Russian. He became interested in Marxism at a young age after reading some of [[Vladimir Lenin]]'s works. It was that this time that he joined the Bolshevik party.

[[File:Stalin mugshot.jpg|left|thumb|Mugshot of a Stalin in his 30s after his arrest occured in 1910 in Baku, Azerbaijan.]]

The party needed money and the young Stalin started doing bank heists to earn money for the party. Between 1902 and 1913, he got arrested eight times. In June 1907, Stalin along with other Bolsheviks were involved in a major bank robbery in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia) in which they hijacked a stagecoach along with the police and guards. They got away with 241,000 rubles.

===Acts of [[Pedophilia]]===

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===Death===

[[File:Stalin's death mask- super creepy! (30237606735).jpg|thumb|The death mask of Joseph Stalin.]]

His health began slowly declining in the 1940s. In 1945, he suffered a heart attack which he put down to his lifelong heavy smoking.

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=== [[Cult of personality]] ===

The Soviet press constantly praised Stalin, describing him as "Great", "Beloved", "Bold", "Wise", "Inspirer", and "Genius". It portrayed him as a caring yet strong father figure, with the Soviet populace as his "children".~~[3] From~~ 1936, the Soviet press started to refer to Stalin as the ''Father of Nations''. Interactions between Stalin and children became a key element of the personality cult. Stalin often engaged in publicized gift giving exchanges with Soviet children from a range of different ethnic backgrounds. Beginning in 1935, the phrase, "Thank You Dear Comrade Stalin for a Happy Childhood!" appeared above doorways at nurseries, orphanages, and schools; children also chanted this slogan at festivals.

The Soviet press constantly praised Stalin, describing him as "Great", "Beloved", "Bold", "Wise", "Inspirer", and "Genius". It portrayed him as a caring yet strong father figure, with the Soviet populace as his "children". From 1936, the Soviet press started to refer to Stalin as the ''Father of Nations''. Interactions between Stalin and children became a key element of the personality cult. Stalin often engaged in publicized gift giving exchanges with Soviet children from a range of different ethnic backgrounds. Beginning in 1935, the phrase, "Thank You Dear Comrade Stalin for a Happy Childhood!" appeared above doorways at nurseries, orphanages, and schools; children also chanted this slogan at festivals.

[[File:Vinnycia16.jpg|thumb|People looking for relatives among repressed in Vinnytsia]]

Speeches described Stalin as "Our Best Collective Farm Worker", "Our Shockworker, Our Best of Best", and "Our Darling, Our Guiding Star". The image of Stalin as a father was one way in which Soviet propagandists aimed to incorporate traditional religious symbols and language into the cult of personality; the title of "father" now first and foremost belonged to Stalin, as opposed to the Russian Orthodox priests. The cult of personality also adopted the Christian traditions of procession and devotion to icons through the use of Stalinist parades and effigies. By reapplying various aspects of religion to the cult of personality, the press hoped to shift devotion away from the church and towards Stalin.

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===Images===

File:Joseph Stalin (colorized).jpg|Stalin at the Tehran Conference in 1943.

File:Stalin office.jpg|Drawing of 1947 rappresenting Stalin in his office.

File:Winston and Stalin 1945.jpg|Meeting betwenn [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill Winston Churchill] and Joseph Stalin in 1945.

File:Joseph Stalin-TIME-1953.jpg|The ''Time''<nowiki/>'s cover rappresenting Stalin.

File:Joseph Stalin with daughter Svetlana, 1935.jpg|Stalin with his daughter Svetlana in 1935.

File:20181223 152156 joseph stalin poster latvia.jpg|Russian propaganda poster showing Stalin.

File:Joseph Stalin Museum (Gori, Georgia) (27812675513).jpg|Statue portaying Stalin.

</gallery>

===Videos===

<YouTube width=320 height=180>https://youtu.be/KqfcpNrcGb0</YouTube>

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 Repressions<br>
 [[Censorship]]<br>
-Totalitarism<br>
+[[Dictatorship]]<br>
-[[Authoritarianism]]<br>
 [[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>
 Wrongful imprisonments<br>
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 === Early life ===
-[[File:Young stalin screenshot.jpg|left|thumb|264x264px|Young Stalin's Mugshot]]
+[[File:Young stalin screenshot.jpg|left|thumb|249x249px|Young Stalin's Mugshot]]
-Stalin was born as Ioseb Jughashvili to a Georgian family in Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (now in modern Georgia) on December 18th, 1878. He was born into a poor family, two of his siblings died in infancy prior to his birth. His father [[Besarion Jughashvili|Besarion]] was an alcoholic and beat his wife named Keke and Joseph. He later changed his surname to "Stalin", meaning "Man of Steel" in Russian. He became interested in Marxism at a young age after reading some of [[Vladimir Lenin]]'s works. It was that this time that he joined the Bolshevik party. The party needed money and the young Stalin started doing bank heists to earn money for the party. Between 1902 and 1913, he got arrested eight times. In June 1907, Stalin along with other Bolsheviks were involved in a major bank robbery in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia) in which they hijacked a stagecoach along with the police and guards. They got away with 241,000 rubles.
+Stalin was born as Ioseb Jughashvili to a Georgian family in Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (now in modern Georgia) on December 18th, 1878. He was born into a poor family, two of his siblings died in infancy prior to his birth. His father [[Besarion Jughashvili|Besarion]] was an alcoholic and beat his wife named Keke and Joseph. He later changed his surname to "Stalin", meaning "Man of Steel" in Russian. He became interested in Marxism at a young age after reading some of [[Vladimir Lenin]]'s works. It was that this time that he joined the Bolshevik party.
+[[File:Stalin mugshot.jpg|left|thumb|Mugshot of a Stalin in his 30s after his arrest occured in 1910 in Baku, Azerbaijan.]]
+The party needed money and the young Stalin started doing bank heists to earn money for the party. Between 1902 and 1913, he got arrested eight times. In June 1907, Stalin along with other Bolsheviks were involved in a major bank robbery in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia) in which they hijacked a stagecoach along with the police and guards. They got away with 241,000 rubles.
 ===Acts of [[Pedophilia]]===
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 ===Death===
+[[File:Stalin's death mask- super creepy! (30237606735).jpg|thumb|The death mask of Joseph Stalin.]]
 His health began slowly declining in the 1940s. In 1945, he suffered a heart attack which he put down to his lifelong heavy smoking.
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 === [[Cult of personality]] ===
-The Soviet press constantly praised Stalin, describing him as "Great", "Beloved", "Bold", "Wise", "Inspirer", and "Genius". It portrayed him as a caring yet strong father figure, with the Soviet populace as his "children".<sup>[3]</sup> From 1936, the Soviet press started to refer to Stalin as the ''Father of Nations''. Interactions between Stalin and children became a key element of the personality cult. Stalin often engaged in publicized gift giving exchanges with Soviet children from a range of different ethnic backgrounds. Beginning in 1935, the phrase, "Thank You Dear Comrade Stalin for a Happy Childhood!" appeared above doorways at nurseries, orphanages, and schools; children also chanted this slogan at festivals.
+The Soviet press constantly praised Stalin, describing him as "Great", "Beloved", "Bold", "Wise", "Inspirer", and "Genius". It portrayed him as a caring yet strong father figure, with the Soviet populace as his "children". From 1936, the Soviet press started to refer to Stalin as the ''Father of Nations''. Interactions between Stalin and children became a key element of the personality cult. Stalin often engaged in publicized gift giving exchanges with Soviet children from a range of different ethnic backgrounds. Beginning in 1935, the phrase, "Thank You Dear Comrade Stalin for a Happy Childhood!" appeared above doorways at nurseries, orphanages, and schools; children also chanted this slogan at festivals.
 [[File:Vinnycia16.jpg|thumb|People looking for relatives among repressed in Vinnytsia]]
 Speeches described Stalin as "Our Best Collective Farm Worker", "Our Shockworker, Our Best of Best", and "Our Darling, Our Guiding Star". The image of Stalin as a father was one way in which Soviet propagandists aimed to incorporate traditional religious symbols and language into the cult of personality; the title of "father" now first and foremost belonged to Stalin, as opposed to the Russian Orthodox priests. The cult of personality also adopted the Christian traditions of procession and devotion to icons through the use of Stalinist parades and effigies. By reapplying various aspects of religion to the cult of personality, the press hoped to shift devotion away from the church and towards Stalin.
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 ===Images===
+<gallery mode="nolines">
+File:Joseph Stalin (colorized).jpg|Stalin at the Tehran Conference in 1943.
+File:Stalin office.jpg|Drawing of 1947 rappresenting Stalin in his office.
+File:Winston and Stalin 1945.jpg|Meeting betwenn [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill Winston Churchill] and Joseph Stalin in 1945.
+File:Joseph Stalin-TIME-1953.jpg|The ''Time''<nowiki/>'s cover rappresenting Stalin.
+File:Joseph Stalin with daughter Svetlana, 1935.jpg|Stalin with his daughter Svetlana in 1935.
+File:20181223 152156 joseph stalin poster latvia.jpg|Russian propaganda poster showing Stalin.
+File:Joseph Stalin Museum (Gori, Georgia) (27812675513).jpg|Statue portaying Stalin.
+</gallery>
 ===Videos===
 <YouTube width=320 height=180>https://youtu.be/KqfcpNrcGb0</YouTube>