Early life of Joseph Stalin

The early life of Joseph Stalin covers the period from Stalin's birth, on 18 December 1878 (6 December according to the Old Style), until the October Revolution on 7 November 1917 (25 October). 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. While a student at the seminary, he embraced Marxism and became an avid follower of Vladimir Lenin, and left the seminary to become a revolutionary figure. After being marked by Russian secret police for his activities, he became a full-time revolutionary figure and was involved in a various criminal activities which included robbery, kidnapping and arson. He became one of the Bolsheviks' chief operatives in the Caucasus, organizing paramilitaries, spreading propaganda, and utilizing extortion. Stalin was captured and exiled to Siberia numerous times, but often escaped. He became one of Lenin's closest associates, which helped him rise to the heights of power after the Russian Revolution. In 1913, Stalin was exiled to Siberia for the final time and remained in exile until the February Revolution of 1917 led to the overthrow of the Russian Empire.

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