Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Nuwamba na 1905, 'yan Bolshevik na Georgia sun zabi Stalin a matsayin daya daga cikin wakilan su zuwa taron Bolshevik a Saint Petersburg. Da ya isa, ya sadu da matar Lenin Nadezhda Krupskaya, wanda ya sanar da shi cewa an koma wurin zuwa Tampere a Grand Duchy na Finland. A taron
Stalin ya sadu da Lenin a karon farko. Kodayake Stalin ya girmama Lenin sosai, ya kasance mai faɗakarwa a cikin rashin yarda da ra'ayin Lenin cewa Bolsheviks ya kamata su gabatar da 'yan takara don zaɓen Duma na Jiha mai zuwa; Stalin ya ga tsarin majalisar a matsayin ɓata lokaci. A watan Afrilu na 1906, Stalin ya halarci taron RSDLP na Hudu a Stockholm; wannan ita ce tafiyarsa ta farko a wajen Daular Rasha. A taron, RSDLP <unk> sannan jagorancin Menshevik mafi rinjaye <unk> sun yarda cewa ba za su tara kuɗi ta amfani da fashi da makami ba. Lenin da Stalin ba su yarda da wannan shawarar ba kuma daga baya suka tattauna a asirce yadda za su ci gaba da fashi don dalilin Bolshevik.