Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna January 1905, mauto ehurumende
vakaparadza varatidziri muSaint Petersburg. Kusagadzikana kwakakurumidza kupararira muUmambo hweRussia mune zvakazozivikanwa seRevolution ya1905. Georgia ndiyo yakanyanya kukanganiswa. Stalin akanga ari muBaku muna February apo masimba masimba edzinza akaputika pakati pevaArmenia nevaAzerbaijan; vanenge 2 000 vakaurawa. Akashora pachena "kuurayiwa kwevaJudha nevaArmenian" sechikamu chokuedza kwaCzar Nicholas II "kusimbisa chigaro chake choumambo chinonyangadza". Stalin akaumba Bolshevik Battle Squad iyo yaakashandisa kuedza kuchengeta mapoka emarudzi airwisana eBaku akaparadzana; akashandisawo mhirizhonga sechifukidziro chokuba midziyo yokudhinda. Pakati pechisimba chaikura muGeorgia yose akaumba mamwe maBattle Squads, nemaMensheviks achiita zvimwe chetezvo. Mapoka aStalin akaparadza mapurisa nemasoja omunzvimbomo, akapamba nzvimbo dzokuchengetera zvombo dzehurumende, uye akaunganidza mari kupfurikidza nokunyengedza mabhizimisi makuru omunzvimbomo nemigodhi. Vakatanga kurwisa mauto ehurumende eCossack nevatsigiri veCzarist Black Hundreds, vachibatanidza mamwe emabasa avo nemasoja eMenshevik.