A discreet man in his private life, the dictator ordered the guards not to enter into his room when he was on his dying bed, even if he screams. One day, in a test of their resilience, Stalin decided to scream as if in great agony. When his loyal guards came to their master's aid, they were duly executed for failing to follow orders.
Stalin's mother had wanted her son to become a priest in the hope that a career in the clergy would relieve him of poverty and bring opportunity.
He was ousted seemingly after reading books by Karl Marx, in his early forays into the revolutionary movement.
