Stalin: Youth and the Formation of a Tyrant

The new episode of "History Lessons with Tamara Eidelman" is dedicated to the youth of Stalin, exploring how the boy who played on the streets of Gori, the young man who studied at the Tiflis Seminary, became a revolutionary, an exile, a member of the Bolshevik Central Committee - and began his ascent to power, which would cost millions of lives. What was Stalin like in his youth? How easy is it for us to learn about it? How to break through the multitude of enthusiastic or hateful stories to reality? This will be the focus of the new episode of "History Lessons."

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BOOKS:

1. Olga Edelman. Stalin, Koba, and Soso: Young Stalin in Historical Sources.
2. Stephen Kotkin. Stalin: Paradoxes of Power. 1878 - 1928.

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00:00 - Introduction. Video theme
3:07 - How could such a person arise?
7:43 - About people in his circle.
8:13 - Note of 1912.
10:04 - Singing Stalin's praises.
11:31 - Revolutionary youth.
12:46 - Politicized stories. Stories about Stalin.
17:11 - Memories of Stalin's youth.
19:51 - About the leader's childhood.
24:09 - Education and traditions.
27:52 - Was he Georgian?
32:32 - What made him that way? Seminary and spiritual career.
37:28 - Translation of Stalin's poem.
38:44 - 1901. Going underground.
40:56 - Letters and complaints about the leader. Party career.
45:26 - Exposure and condemnation of the provisional government.
47:04 - Lenin's escape. Confrontations with Trotsky.
48:48 - Civil war. Arrest of officers.
52:42 - Conflict with the command.
54:45 - Lenin and the split in the party. Stalin's positions.
58:26 - Struggle for Lenin's legacy.
1:03:20 - Appeal to the viewers.