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Stalin'stakeoverofpower
Itwouldbeeasytoassumethatthenaturalsuccessorto
Lenin(whodiedin1924)wouldbeLeonTrotsky,often
regardedasthesecondincommand.ButJosephStalin,
thesecretaryoftheCommunistParty,gotthejobwhy?
Struggleforpower
AstruggleforpowerdevelopedbetweenStalin,thesecretary
oftheCommunistParty,andTrotsky,thebrilliantCommissar
forWar.Inaway,thestrugglewasaboutwhattheSoviet
Unionwouldbecome,forTrotskybelievedinencouraging
worldrevolution,whereasStalinadvocatedCommunisminone
country'andsaidRussiahadtoestablishitspowerbefore
therewasanyattempttospreadrevolution.
Stalinwasamasterofpoliticaltrickery.Heusedhisposition
assecretarytoputhissupportersontheCentralCommitteeof
theparty.HeeventoldTrotskythewrongdateforLenin's
funeral,soTrotskyturnedupadaylate.AndsoitwasStalin
whobecamepartyleaderin1924.Trotskywasdismissed,then
exiledandmurderedin1941.
Stalinwonthestrugglefor
Trotskywasexiledand
power
eventuallymurdered
Stalintakescontrol
StalindidnotstopwitheliminatingTrotsky.
In1927,heremovedtheleftwingCommunistsold
BolshevikssuchasKamenevandZinovievwhohad
opposedtheNEPfromthe Politburo[Politburo:The
centralpolicymakingcommitteeoftheRussian
Communistparty.].
Twoyearslater,heclaimedthattheNEPwas
uncommunist,andgotrightwingCommunistssuchas
RykovandTomskythrownoutofthePolitburo.
Revisiontipandanswerpreparation
Revisiontip
TohelpyourememberhowStalinseizedpower,analysehis
actionsintothreegroups:ideology,trickery,andviolence.
Answerpreparation
Aspartofyourrevision,thinkabouttheargumentsandfacts
youwouldusetoexplain:
1. HowStalincametopowerinCommunistRussiain1924.
2. WhyStalin,andnotTrotsky,emergedasLenin's
successor.
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