Joseph Stalin was born in Eastern Europe.
Georgia (country) . Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe , it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea , to the north by Russia , to the south by Turkey and Armenia , and to the southeast by Azerbaijan . Gori ( გორი [ ɡɔri ] ) is a city in eastern Georgia , which serves as the regional capital of Shida Kartli and the centre of the homonymous administrative district . Joseph Stalin . Stalin was born to a poor Georgian family in Gori , Russian Empire .