In 1906, Stalin married Ekaterina “Kato” Svanidze (1885-1907), a seamstress. As a teen, he earned a scholarship to attend a seminary in the nearby city of Tblisi and study for the priesthood in the Georgian Orthodox Church.Īfter leaving school, Stalin became an underground political agitator, taking part in labor demonstrations and strikes. As a boy, Stalin contracted smallpox, which left him with lifelong facial scars. His father was a shoemaker and alcoholic who beat his son, and his mother was a laundress. When he was in his 30s, he took the name Stalin, from the Russian for “man of steel.” Stalin grew up poor and an only child.
Joseph Stalin was born Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili on December 18, 1878, or December 6, 1878, according to the Old Style Julian calendar (although he later invented a new birth date for himself: December 21, 1879), in the small town of Gori, Georgia, then part of the Russian empire. In effect, Australia fought two wars between 19 – one against Germany and Italy as part of the British Commonwealth's war effort and the other against Japan in alliance with the United States and Britain.Īnzac Org. Its casualties from enemy action during the war were 27,073 killed and 23,477 wounded.
In addition, Australia came under direct attack for the first time in its post-colonial history. Australia entered World War II shortly after the invasion of Poland, declaring war on Germany on 3 September 1939.īy the end of the war, almost a million Australians had served in the armed forces, whose military units fought primarily in the European theatre, North African campaign, and the South West Pacific theatre.
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