"he received a scholarship to attend the Tiflis Spiritual Seminary, the leading Russian Orthodox seminary in Tbilisi; the language of instruction was Russian. He was a voracious reader and became a Georgian cultural nationalist. He anonymously published poetry in Georgian in the local press and engaged in student politics"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin#Early_life
Dekulakization was the Soviet campaign of political repressions, including arrests, deportations, and executions of millions of the better-off peasants and their families in 1929–1932. The richer peasants were labeled kulaks and considered class enemies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekulakization
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin#Early_life
Dekulakization was the Soviet campaign of political repressions, including arrests, deportations, and executions of millions of the better-off peasants and their families in 1929–1932. The richer peasants were labeled kulaks and considered class enemies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekulakization