How can i slim down a Joseph Stalin paper about his life?

Question by Brett: How can i can i slim down a Joseph Stalin paper about his life?
I’m trying to write a paper on how Joseph Stalin’s early life was what made him rule Russia so harshly. My teacher wanted us to write an outline of our paper but he said that mine was looking too much like a biography. So what key points of his life should i include?

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Answer by Sarah Williams
I might recommend sometihng like a time line. For exampke

I. Stalin’s Child hood
A. Rearing
1. christna values
2. abused by his father or step father

B. Schooling
1. Religious seminar age 10
2. before local school

II. personality

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