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In 1888, Stalin enrolled at the Gori Church School [10] [11] where he excelled. [12] He faced health problems: an 1884 smallpox infection left him with facial scars, [ 13 ] and at age 12 he was seriously injured when he was struck by a phaeton , causing a lifelong disability in his left arm.
Joseph Stalin, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1952 and Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1941 until his death in 1953, governed the country as a dictator from the late 1920s until his death.
[3] Stalin included Article 124 in the face of stiff opposition, and it eventually led to rapprochement with the Russian Orthodox Church before and during World War 2. The new constitution re-enfranchised certain religious people who had been specifically disenfranchised under the previous constitution.
Another view of Stalin (1994), a highly favorable view from a Maoist historian; Service, Robert. Stalin: A Biography (2004), along with Tucker the standard biography; Tucker, Robert C. Stalin as Revolutionary, 1879–1929 (1973) Tucker, Robert C (1990), Stalin in Power, New York: WW Norton, archived from the original on 2000-07-07
As the Russian Civil War drew to a close, this campaign was relaxed although the secret police did remain active. From 1924 to 1928, the mass repression—including incarceration in the Gulag system—dropped significantly. [39] By 1929, Stalin had defeated his political opponents and gained full control over the party.
A Dallas-area megachurch accepted the resignation of senior pastor Robert Morris on Tuesday after allegations of a past inappropriate relationship with a 12-year-old surfaced last week.
At Cross Timbers, which reportedly has a congregation of around 3,000, Josiah Anthony resigned after elders received a report of "inappropriate communication" with a female former church member.
Service praised Suny for challenging conventional narratives about Stalin's intelligence and political acumen, presenting him as a dedicated Marxist intellectual and leader. However, Service critiqued the book's conclusion for offering a somewhat tired analysis of Stalin in 1917 and for failing to fully explore the political partnership between ...