Russian Orthodox Priest blesses a new statue of Stalin
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Stalin actually studied to be a priest when he was a teenager.
Later he had a whole bunch of priests shot.
Did he fail? If he did that would be an interesting parallel with Hitler.
Stalin's history of priesthood is incredibly complicated and requires going through his history of education and family wishes. However, the short answer is that unlike Hitler who could barely get perspective right while applying to the Harvard of art schools, Stalin did fairly well in his time at Russian Orthodox Theological Seminary in Tiflis where he maintained high grades before simply losing interest.
Stalin just seems like a dude that just wanted power and was doing anything to get it. The story of how he rose is interesting though.
From what I could gather, him being a priest was more to fulfill a promise to his mother.