Trace Stalin's rise to power. Stalin is widely renowned as the most powerful ruler of Russia and is sometimes referred to as the 'last of the great czars'. But how did Stalin get such power and why did it last so long? These are the questions this essay will address. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Stalin) was born on 21 December 1879 and raised in Gori a village inside the state of Georgia which lay between Europe and Asia. …showed first 75 words of 2292 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2292 total…not be answered but its interesting to think how things would have been if he had become the priest like his mother wanted. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Joseph Stalin Russia's Last Czar by Steven Otfinoshi's book. Published by The Millbrook Press in 1993. Stalin a time for judgment by Jonathan Lewis and Phillip Whitehead's. Published by Thames Mandarin Paperback in 1990. http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/stalin/lectures.html by Professor Gerhard Rempel. Western New England College