Joseph stalin was the 2nd leader of the soviet union. He took over with two other men after lenin's death from illness. They worked well with each other for some time until they split into two different wings of the communists. After sometime past after they split into the wings stalin killed the other two so he could take up full leadership of the communists. After stalin had taken control of the communists he got rid of anyone who did not like him in control to make sure he was going to stay there.
Stalin was considered an influence to the soviet union but not all influences are good influences. One of the good things stalin did was somethings in agriculture that helped them. He also lead the soviet union into a new era of industrialization. Something that stalin did that is very debatable is the fact that he saw many people as lower than him and most of them he would kill because he thought that …show more content…
Stalin did have a good course for his life before he got corrupted by power. When stalin tried to industrialize the soviet union the ones who resisted he had their land and everything taken from them. Stalin then conducted a series of purges that would kill millions. The ones he killed in these purges were the “Scum” of the country. Stalin had actually even worried lenin before he died and there is the fact that lenin did not actually appoint stalin he chose leon trotsky but stalin had taken the power and exiled leon then after that he had him assassinated in