Was Joseph Stalin a geography teacher?

Answer 1

No, he was not. He was a revolutionary and a member of the Bolshevik Party, later General Secretary, before becoming Party leader and Vozhd of Soviet Russia in 1928, until his death in 1953. Here is a brief history of Stalin's education and early career:

At sixteen, he received a scholarship to a Georgian Orthodox seminary, where he rebelled against the imperialist and religious order. Though he performed well there, he was expelled in 1899 after missing his final exams. The seminary's records suggest he was unable to pay his tuition fees. The official Soviet version states that he was expelled for reading illegal literature and forming a Social Democratic study circle.

Shortly after leaving the seminary, Stalin discovered the writings of Lenin and decided to become a Marxist revolutionary, eventually joining Lenin's Bolshevik Party in 1903. After being marked by the Okhrana (the Tsar's secret police) for his activities, he became a full-time revolutionary and outlaw. He became one of the Bolsheviks' chief operatives in the Caucasus, organizing paramilitaries, inciting strikes, spreading Propaganda and raising money through bank robberies, ransom kidnappings and extortion.