Myth: Joseph Stalin was a Geography Teacher
01/01/07 00:00 Filed in: Famous
People
Was Joseph Stalin really a
Geography teacher?
Myth
Before becoming the Iron Man of Russia, Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) worked as a Geography teacher.
Reality
Nope. Among such diverse roles as murderer, bank robber and sociopath Stalin only had one real job; that of a clerk in the office of an Astronomer.
Although his mother wanted him to be a priest, he attended seminary not because of any religious vocation, but because it was one of the few educational opportunities available as the Tsarist government of Russia was wary of establishing a university in Georgia.
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