Nofeembar 1905, Bolshevik-kii Georgia waxay Stalin ku doorteen mid ka mid ah ergooyinkooda shirkii Bolshevik-ka ee St. Petersburg. Markii uu yimid, wuxuu la kulmay xaaska Lenin Nadezhda Krupskaya, oo u sheegtay in goobta lagu qabtay loo wareejiyay Tampere oo ku taal Grand Duchy of Finland. Shirkaas
Stalin wuxuu markii ugu horeysay la kulmay Lenin. Inkasta oo Stalin uu si qoto dheer u ixtiraamayey Lenin, haddana wuxuu si cad u diiday aragtidii Lenin ee ahayd in Bolshevik-ku ay musharixiinta u soo bandhigaan doorashada soo socota ee Duma-da Gobolka; Stalin wuxuu u arkay geedi socodka baarlamaanka inuu yahay waqti lumis. Bishii Abriil 1906, Stalin wuxuu ka qaybgalay Shirweynihii Afaraad ee RSDLP ee Stockholm; tani waxay ahayd safarkiisii ugu horreeyay ee ka baxsan Boqortooyadii Ruushka. Shirkii, RSDLP <unk> markaas oo uu hogaaminayo aqlabiyadeeda Menshevik <unk> waxay ku heshiiyeen inaysan lacag ku aruurin doonin iyagoo adeegsanaya dhac hubaysan. Lenin iyo Stalin go'aankaas way ka soo horjeesteen waxayna si gaar ah uga wada hadleen sidii ay u sii wadi lahaayeen dhac u geynta Bolshevik.