I Never San for My Father
By: David • Essay • 351 Words • November 17, 2009 • 885 Views
Essay title: I Never San for My Father
Joseph Stalin was born in 21 December 1879. He was the second man in the Soviet Union leadership. During his ascension of power he suppressed and physically liquidated his political opponents for the least suspicions. He transformed the Soviet Union from a rural society into an industrial one and this enabled the Soviet Union to achieve triumph over the Axis countries in the World War II.
Stalin was born in the city of “Gori” at Georgia Republic. His father was a shoemaker called Biso and his mother was a peasant called Ikatina. Beating children was a common disciplinary action adopted by parents during this period and so his father used to beat him brutally and cruelly. Later on his father abandoned his family and left. His mother found herself alone facing the struggle of life without the family bread winner. When Stalin reached the age of 11 years old his mother sent him to the Christian Roman Orthodox School where he was taught until the age of 20. Stalin's joining the socialist Movement dated back to the days of his study at the Orthodox School which dismissed him in the year 1899 because of not