Yes he did. He studied at the Gori Spiritual school and then at the Tiflis Spiritual Seminary. He was going to be a priest according to his mother's wishes. As a young man, Stalin even published some...
yes he had 3 kids 2 boys 1 girl Stalin natural children were Yakov, Vasily and Svetlana. He had an adopted son, Artem Sergeev. He had several out of wedlock children, one name Konstantin.