Stalin’s Revolution: Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili

Join us for a lecture on Joseph Stalin, a man who left many legacies, but one of the most defining was that he took a nation from a backward peasant economy to an atomic bomb in 21 years. Week 1: Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
Learn about the Georgian chieftain’s life, from childhood to the Russian Revolution. As a bank robber, he “procured” funds for the Bolsheviks and, for his actions, would be consigned to Siberia at least seven times, escaping six. By 1917, Stalin was set to launch his political career as one of the dominate figures in the Bolshevik Party. About the Presenter
Mark Albertson is the historical research editor at Army Aviation magazine and is a long-time member of the United States Naval Institute.