The autobiography of joseph stalin richard lourie

In the Autobiography of Joseph Stalin, It tells about the life of the Russian Dictator Stalin. Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in the village of Gori, in the Russian province of Georgia, on Dec. 21, 1879. His Dad was a shoemaker and was also an alchaholic, he left young Stalin and his mother to find work in Tiflis, thus leaving Stalins mother to raise him alone. His mother was the main influence of his life, she chose what schools he went to, first she enroled him in the local Gori Church School and after, thanks to a scholarship, he attended the Tiflis Theological Seminary. His mother had hoped that he would train to become a priest, But instead, the young Stalin became a devoted advocate for Marxist revolution. After leaving the Seminary, he joined up with the Social Democrats, Russia's Marxist political party where he worked in Tiflis then the Black Sea port of Batumi, organizing protests which led to hi