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Photos of the WW2 leaders as children.
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what is the source for this?
one doubts that such a photo of young Stalin exists, given the poverty in which the dictator grew up.
Can't verify that one specifically, but a handful survive of his parents, as well as this photo of him from a school yearbook in 1893:
Looks like Rishi Sunak.
This is further proof to my "Rishi Sunak is actually Stalin" lore.
I can see it labeled as a school photo of him, but haven't found any original source confirming that
One might ask oneself “well… how did I get here?”
School class picture, the priest that let Stalin and his mom stay with him to get away from Stalin's abusive dad faked a story about who Stalin's dad was so he could get in to a free school for children of church officials.