Stalin's Roles within the Bolshevik Party

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Joseph Stalin attracted attention upon his entrance into the Bolshevik party as a dedicated and loyal follower of the party and Lenin. He even travelled to the very first Bolshevik Conference in Finland, funding it himself so that he could show his loyalty to the party. This subsequently lead to Stalin holding various roles within the party allowing him to steadily accumulate the power that would lead to his successful bid for the leadership of the party after Lenin's death in 1924.

Early revolutionary Career

Stalin was born to a poor background. His father was an ardent communist who was arrested for distributing propoganda in Georgia. He was sent to Tblisi Seminary in 1894 to train to become a priest. It was here Stalin learnt how to read and write, skills that came in useful as a leading member of the Bolshevik party. However these skills also lead to Stalin's exposure to communist literature by the likes of Karl Marx and Freidrich Engels. This and a lack of funding lead to him being expelled from the seminary, as well as being earmarked as a threat to the Russian Empire. Stalin took a low pay job as a desk clerk at an observatory. The workload was low and this allowed Stalin to write articles, organise strikes and deliver speeches. On the tram into work one morning, Stalin spotted the Okhrana waiting to ambush him, so he stayed on the tram and went underground, becoming a revolutionary. He was tasked with bringing revolution to the rail workers in Georgia, and ran protection rackets and militias in the local area. After his attendance at the the Bolshevik conference in Finland, he robbed banks to raise funds, and moved to Baku to care for his sick wife. Her death strengthened Stalin's will and he started to lead Partisans in conflict against the Black Hundreds

The October Revolution

Stalin was in exile again from 1913. He had been appointed to the Central Committee of the Bolshevik party in 1912, and was arrested in Georgia the following year. For the most part, Stalin's exile was uneventful. He was absent for most of the period of the war, and missed the February Revolution. However, the February Revolution secured Stalin's release as all of the tsarist regimes work was undone, and Stalin hurried back to Petrograd. Upon his return, Stalin

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