Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin's death and was known for his iron fist. His leadership style was very tough, and he also led the Soviet Union to successfully achieve great development, which shocked the world. Unfortunately, Stalin, who had such outstanding achievements, never managed to repair the gap between him and his mother.
Once, stalin's mother asked him about his position, and he did not know how to explain it to his mother for a moment, so he asked her mother if she remembered the Tsar. The mother sighed when she heard it, and it was clear that this was not what she was expecting.
Childhood hardships
Stalin was born into a family of craftsmen. Stalin's father was a shoemaker and his mother was a devout orthodox believer. Originally, his family was very wealthy. Unfortunately, before Stalin was born, all three of their children died prematurely, and such a blow made Stalin's father very painful.
The pain of losing a child can only be anesthetized with alcohol. Stalin's father began to drink heavily and beat his wife and children indiscriminately. Stalin grew up in such an environment and was influenced by the premature learning to use violence. To protect his mother, he even threw a knife at his father.
When Stalin was six years old, his father abandoned the mother and son. This was a tragedy for Stalin's mother, who was often caught up in the inability to make a living. The only thing Stalin could comfort his mother was to hold her tightly and spend those difficult moments with her.
Stalin was very important to his mother, even though the family was already poor, his mother still tried to make him study. Stalin's mother's wish was for him to become a priest. Stalin knew that the opportunity to study was not easy to come by, that he studied very hard, and that he was very devout in the Orthodox Church.
But by a chance, Stalin saw Darwin's The Origin of Species, a book that changed Stalin's worldview dramatically, and he began to doubt his belief in God and actively sought scientific books, wanting to learn more.
Join the revolution
Stalin was determined not to become a priest because he saw a hanging. The dead were several serfs who resisted the oppression of the landlords and stole the grain from the landlord's house to help other serfs. It was a brutal execution, but a priest was still praying in a meticulous manner.
The hypocrisy of the priest infuriated Stalin, who did not want to be a pawn of such a hypocritical tsarist force. He wants to overthrow this dark society and make the people embrace freedom. With this in mind, Stalin graduated from a church school and went to study at the Tbilisi Theological Seminary. At this time, socialist ideas were quietly spreading.
At the seminary, there was a secret reading group, of which Stalin was a member. Through this organization, Stalin saw many books that were listed as banned books, all of which were communist books, which made Stalin very fascinated and strengthened his revolutionary determination.
After carefully studying the Socialist Secretary, Stalin began to participate in various revolutionary activities, and in the process he completely lost the opportunity to become the priest whom his mother expected him to become. He understood that the only thing that suited him was a constant revolution, to become a faithful Marxist.
The seminary discovered Stalin's practices, denounced his actions, and wrote to inform his mother and expelled him. In disbelief, the mother rushed from the countryside to the city to meet her son, and when he met, she loudly rebuked Stalin for not seeking progress.
Stalin also erupted, and he argued loudly that it was the first intense quarrel between him and his mother. Later, in order to reassure his mother, Stalin found a job, but privately he was still in contact with various workers' movement groups to organize marches and strikes.
As the scale of the campaign grew, Stalin also appeared on the police arrest list. Stalin's actions were severely cracked down by the Tsarist government, which also led to a growing lack of understanding of Stalin's actions, and Stalin rarely returned home because of his involvement in the revolution.
Become a national leader
In the revolutionary movement, Stalin came into contact with Lenin's articles and knew that in order for the revolution to succeed it was necessary to pass through armed struggle, which gave Stalin great confidence, because that was what he was good at. To help Lenin raise money, Stalin led people to loot the rich and capitalists, snatching gold and silver jewelry and valuable things.
Many in the Party were very opposed to Stalin's actions, believing that such an approach was no different from banditry. Lenin ostensibly stopped Stalin's actions, but privately he was very cooperative with Stalin's actions. One of stalin's biggest robberies was the robbery of a money train destined for the National Bank.
Until the victory of the October Revolution, Stalin had been following Lenin, and he considered the leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin to be none other than him. But Lenin did not want Stalin to be his successor, because Stalin was too reckless and Lenin feared that he would not be qualified for the position of leader of the country.
But Stalin was determined to win the position. He finally resolved various obstacles through his own way and was successfully elected general secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU. After seizing power, Stalin took his mother from the countryside to moscow to live, hoping that she would live a good life.
When Stalin's mother arrived in Moscow, she saw that everyone had great respect for Stalin, so she asked Stalin what his position was. Stalin did not know how to explain it well, so he asked his mother: Do you remember the former Tsar?
When the mother heard Stalin say this, she sighed heavily, thinking that it would be nice if her son were a priest. Even though Stalin brought his mother to Moscow, the gap between them was still not clear.
brief summary:
Stalin's iron-fisted rule caused great controversy. But it is undeniable that Stalin's leadership made the Soviet Union move from weak to strong, and broke through the blockade of the great powers, becoming a military power and a world power that attracted the world's attention.
As strong as Stalin, he could not maintain a good relationship with his mother, and his mother could not resolve the contradictions with him in the end, which can be said to be a major regret of Stalin. No matter how great the achievement, it cannot make up for the lack of family affection.
Stalin's experience made us realize the importance of running a good family. Especially communication, if you can't form a benign communication, there will be a lot of problems. Sometimes everyone loves their family very much, but because they can't communicate, they can't let family members feel this love, which is not a pity.