Joseph Stalin Biography and Timeline

Bolshevik Party

Appointed Member of Bolsheviks

Bolshevik Party

Losif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili took the name Stalin, meaning "man of steel"

Man of Steel

Losif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili took the name Stalin, meaning "man of steel"

Exile of Joseph Stalin

Stalin, with a group of exiles, leaves Achinsk for Petrograd

Role range: 1917-1918

Exile of Joseph Stalin

Released by the February Revolution from exile in Turukhansk, arrives in Petrograd

Role range: 1917-1918

Editorial Control

Returns from exile and helps edit the Bolshevik newspaper

Role range: 1912-1991 – 1917

Exile of Joseph Stalin

At Byelo-Ostrov Station, Finland Railway, Stalin, Ulyanova and a delegation of Petrograd and Sestroretsk working men and women meet Lenin on his return from exile and accompany him to Petrograd

Role range: 1917-1918

Bolshevik Party

Stalin takes part in the conference of leading members of the Bolshevik Party and in the joint meeting of Bolshevik and Menshevik delegates to the Alln Conference of Soviets where Lenin expounds his April Theses

Role range: 1917-1918

Congress of Soviets

Stalin takes part in the conference of leading members of the Bolshevik Party and in the joint meeting of Bolshevik and Menshevik delegates to the Alln Conference of Soviets where Lenin expounds his April Theses

Role range: 1917-1918

Menshevik Party

Stalin takes part in the conference of leading members of the Bolshevik Party and in the joint meeting of Bolshevik and Menshevik delegates to the Alln Conference of Soviets where Lenin expounds his April Theses

Role range: 1917-1918

April Theses Debate

Moves from cautious support for the Provisional Government toward Lenin's line

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917

Bolshevik Party

Lenin and Stalin guide the work of the 7th Alln Conference of the Bolshevik Party

Role range: 1917-1918

Congress of Soviets

Lenin and Stalin guide the work of the 7th Alln Conference of the Bolshevik Party

Role range: 1917-1918

Congress of Soviets

Stalin attends the sittings of the First Alln Congress of Soviets of Workers and Soldiers Deputies

Role range: 1917-1918

Central Executive Committee

The First Alln Congress of Soviets elects Stalin a member of the Central Executive Committee

Role range: 1917-1918

Congress of Soviets

The First Alln Congress of Soviets elects Stalin a member of the Central Executive Committee

Role range: 1917-1918

Bolshevik Party

Stalin and Sverdlov direct the 6th Congress of the Bolshevik Party

Role range: 1917-1918

Congress of Bolsheviks, 6th

Stalin and Sverdlov direct the 6th Congress of the Bolshevik Party

Role range: 1917-1918

Congress of RSDLP 6th

Sixth Congress of the RSDLP occurs, representing 240,000 party members, since Lenin is in hiding, Stalin delivers the report on the work of the Central Committee, the Congress resolves that a peaceful revolution has become impossible

Role range: 1917-1918

Bolshevik Party

Stalin is elected to the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks

Role range: 1917-1918

Central Committee

Stalin is elected to the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks

Role range: 1917-1918

Rabochy i Soldat

At a plenary meeting of the Party Central Committee Stalin is appointed editor of Rabochy i Soldat

Role range: 1917-1918

All Power to the Soviets

Stalins article "All Power to the Soviets!" appears in Rabochy Put, No. 13

Role range: 1917-1918

Rabochy i Soldat

Stalins article "All Power to the Soviets!" appears in Rabochy Put, No. 13

Role range: 1917-1918

Bolshevik Party

The Party Central Committee approves the list of Bolshevik candidates to the Constituent Assembly, which includes Lenin and Stalin

Role range: 1917-1918

Election

The Party Central Committee approves the list of Bolshevik candidates to the Constituent Assembly, which includes Lenin and Stalin

Role range: 1917-1918

October Revolution

Lenin and Stalin attend a meeting of the Party Central Committee where Lenins resolution on armed insurrection is approved and a 7 man Political Bureau of the CC headed by Lenin and Stalin is setup to direct the uprising

Role range: 1917-1918

Bolshevik Party

Lenin and Stalin direct an enlarged meeting of the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party Stalin sharply criticizes the speeches of the traitors Kamenev and Zinoviev on the question of armed insurrection

Role range: 1917-1918

October Revolution

Lenin and Stalin direct an enlarged meeting of the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party Stalin sharply criticizes the speeches of the traitors Kamenev and Zinoviev on the question of armed insurrection. A Party Centre, headed by Stalin, is elected to direct the uprising

Role range: 1917-1918

October Revolution

Lenin and Stalin direct the October armed uprising

Role range: 1917-1918

Congress of Soviets

Lenin and Stalin direct the Second Alln Congress of Soviets of Workers and Soldiers Deputies

Role range: 1917-1918

October Revolution

Lenin and Stalin direct the Second Alln Congress of Soviets of Workers and Soldiers Deputies

Role range: 1917-1918

Siege of Tsaritswyn

Declares the Siege of Tsaritswyn

Role range: 1917-1918

Politburo

The Politburo is first composed of Lenin, Trotsky, Kamanev, Bukharin & Stalin

Role range: 1917-1991

Revolutionary Military Council

Appointed Member of Revolutionary Military Council

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1920-1923

Commissar

Appointed Commissar for Nationalities

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1921-1923

Siege of Rostov

Stalin signs an instruction of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Southern Front to the armies of the front for the capture of Rostov

Role range: 1922-1953

Siege of Donbas

Stalin signs an order of the day of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Southern Front congratulating the armies of the front on the defeat of Denikins armies and the capture of the Donbas and Rostov

Role range: 1922-1953

Siege of Rostov

Stalin signs an order of the day of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Southern Front congratulating the armies of the front on the defeat of Denikins armies and the capture of the Donbas and Rostov. Stalin informs Lenin of the capture of Rostov by Budyonnys Cavalry

Role range: 1922-1953

A German Treaty

A German Treaty is signed in Italy, recognizes the Soviet Union

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953