Joseph Stalin has had a great effect on Russia. From his early life in the Georgian seminary we will see why he entered the seminary, and how this contributed to his activities and how his life progresses through the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, to when he was dictator. When he was a full revolutionary, we see his activities with the Kulaks, Bolsheviks and the Red armies. We will also see how his Five Year Plans effected …showed first 75 words of 1819 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1819 total…leadership, more than 25 million Russians lost their lives. Some remember Stalin as a terrorist against his own people and a violator of countless human rights crimes. Others remember Stalin as a savior of the Soviet Union from European domination and that all the casualties were necessary, for the casualties were necessary for the greater good of the nation. Stalin left his mark on the Soviet Union, and not to mention the rest of the world.