take leadership after Lenin died‚ even if they didn’t want him to. No one thought it would be Stalin. Therefore‚ Stalin felt he had to defeat Trotsky in order to become leader. However‚ the fear of Trotsky becoming leader isn’t the only factor in explaining Stalin’s victory in the power struggle. Lenin died‚ January 21 1924. This is when the Lenin Legacy begun. Stalin took it upon himself to give a speech at Stalin’s funeral; he personally swore to carry on the work of Lenin. As General Secretary
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socialist movement and inclination‚ the Russian Social-Democratic Party continued the traditions of all the Russian Revolutions of the past‚ with the goal of conquering political freedom (Daniels 7). As early as 1894‚ when he was twenty-four‚ Lenin had become a
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to Lenin at Lenin’s funeral in 1924 (Pauley 53). Stalin made Lenin’s death a national day for mourning and renamed Petrograd to Leningrad (Pauley 53). Stalin mummified Lenin’s body and placed t in a huge mausoleum in Moscow as well (Pauley 53). Stalin began the first of what is now called the cult of personality. He was able to claim the status as Lenin’s most trusted and faithful disciple and his chosen successor (Pauley 53). Stalin was able to jumpstart his rise to power by bestowing Lenin the
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caused significant change in the influence of the Russian Communist Party: Lenin‚ Stalin and the Tsar. The influence of the party came in two main forms‚ political and public‚ which all three leaders changed in different ways. The most important individual in bringing about the change in influence is Vladimir Lenin‚ who brought about a sudden sharp rise in the party’s popularity. Following the 1917 October Revolution‚ Lenin became the leader of the Communist Party and greatly increased the party’s
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corrupted Leninism; he had betrayed Lenin’s initial vision of a communist utopia. However‚ these declarations contained little truth: while Lenin disregarded Stalin at the end of his life‚ Stalin endured a fairly faithful disciple of the Soviet Union’s founder. The terrors‚ assassinations and deprivations of the 1930s were purely served to build on and intensify what Lenin had initiated
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able to defeat his political rivals so easily in the years 1924-1929? Stalin started his prominent rise in the leadership of the Soviet Union in 1924 after Lenin died of Neurosyphilis and a Stroke. During Lenin’s final years as leader of the Bolshevik party‚ Stalin was one of the main men to take care of him‚ which is one of the reasons why Lenin made him the General Secretary in 1922‚ a job which later on in his career greatly helped Stalin further his cause to become the dictator of the Soviets.
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numerous times for several different crimes. Luckily he was able to escape quite often and by the end of his sentence of being exiled in Siberia Joseph Stalin had been appointed by Lenin to the Bolshevik Central Committee. Joseph Stalin was able to take charge of the Bolsheviks when Lenin went into hiding‚ fearing arrest. When Lenin came back he had decided that he would have Stalin whom he trusted be one
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Violence and State and Revolution In Lenin’s State and Revolution‚ there is a theme of violence that is present. Lenin uses this theme of violence‚ along with quotes and citations from the works of Marx and Engels‚ to “resuscitate the real teachings of Marx on the state” (p.7). The theme of violence is necessary in Lenin’s book because‚ without the theme of violence‚ Lenin could not accurately and successfully make his argument or portray the current events of the time that are relevant to it
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his legendry use of terror‚ political manipulation and demanding policies who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals. However‚ the question of the legitimacy of his position as leader of the Bolshevik party still remains. Following the death of Lenin in 1924‚ a power vacuum developed within the Bolshevik party and it was clear that a leadership race between candidates had begun. Stalin was able to rise above men like Trotsky‚ Kamenev and Zinoviev to launch into new economic policies‚ collectivisation
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The Russian Revolution of 1917 was certainly a turning point in Russian history. Many events led to the revolution‚ which actually consisted of two revolutions‚ the March Revolution and the November Revolution. By the end of the revolution‚ it was deemed successful. The Bolsheviks had successfully taken over Petrograd and within a short time controlled Russia. “Power had passed from the moderates to a small band of dedicated extremists with a vision of an entirely changed society.” (Findley-Rothney
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