What Made Joseph Stalin: Nature, Nurture, or Something More?
Early Life and Family Background Joseph Stalin’s biography (1879–1953), the totalitarian dictator of the Soviet Union, raises the question: was he a ruthless mass murderer by nature or nurture? Or were there other factors that created this communist autocrat? Joseph Stalin was born Josif Djugashvili to a Georgian peasant family within the Russian Empire. By […]
