20 Mind-Blowing Facts About Joseph Stalin

7. He Dropped Out Of School

Harking back to Stalin's ideas of being a priest, one of the final nails in the coffin of his academic studies was his family's sudden inability to pay for his education. However this was also around the time his health began to deteriorate, and it's rumoured that that was a bigger influence on the situation.

Then again, official Communist Party doctrine states that his love of the party's ideology was what drew him away from school. The truth likely lies somewhere between the three.