“to What Extent Was the Rise to Power of Stalin Due to Personal Appeal and Ability”?
“To what extent was the rise to power of Stalin due to personal appeal and ability”?
Lenin died in January 1924 and Stalin emerged to power in 1929. Stalin has been described as a “grey blur” that rose to power. It’s quite hard to pin point the main reasons how Stalin got to power. Some historians may say that Stalin was lucky that he got to power and he benefited off events such as Lenin’s death and that his rival’s weaknesses such as Trotsky who was considered likely successor to Lenin, but Trotsky lacked the will for a political fight. However you just can’t become the leader of Russia just from good luck, Stalin used his ability to place himself in a great position within the party. This essay is going to look at the ways in which Stalin rose to power through personal appeal and ability such as ability to take advantages in situations, removing his rivals from potential power and the use of propaganda and his ability to manipulate people, or was he just lucky because of Lenin’s illness and that people didn’t want Trotsky to become leader because they were afraid he would become a military leader such as Nicholas 2nd.
Stalin was known as the “grey blur” this is a statement that means Stalin didn’t have any personal appeal so he didn’t rise to power through that aspect but through other means. However Stalin was able to “gauge public opinion”, also his view on ‘give the people what they want’ gave him a likeable side to him. Since 1917 workers had been looking for “improvements of living standards” and “greater participation in the running of factories” after Stalin saw that the NEP was failing and he had got rid of the Left Deviationists Stalin “would echo the grievances of the workers”. Stalin wasn’t seen as a good person because he was; it was because he saw opportunities in supporting certain groups to gain support, such as the workers. So Stalin didn’t come to power because of his personal appeal but it was because of his ability to take advantages of
Lenin died in January 1924 and Stalin emerged to power in 1929. Stalin has been described as a “grey blur” that rose to power. It’s quite hard to pin point the main reasons how Stalin got to power. Some historians may say that Stalin was lucky that he got to power and he benefited off events such as Lenin’s death and that his rival’s weaknesses such as Trotsky who was considered likely successor to Lenin, but Trotsky lacked the will for a political fight. However you just can’t become the leader of Russia just from good luck, Stalin used his ability to place himself in a great position within the party. This essay is going to look at the ways in which Stalin rose to power through personal appeal and ability such as ability to take advantages in situations, removing his rivals from potential power and the use of propaganda and his ability to manipulate people, or was he just lucky because of Lenin’s illness and that people didn’t want Trotsky to become leader because they were afraid he would become a military leader such as Nicholas 2nd.
Stalin was known as the “grey blur” this is a statement that means Stalin didn’t have any personal appeal so he didn’t rise to power through that aspect but through other means. However Stalin was able to “gauge public opinion”, also his view on ‘give the people what they want’ gave him a likeable side to him. Since 1917 workers had been looking for “improvements of living standards” and “greater participation in the running of factories” after Stalin saw that the NEP was failing and he had got rid of the Left Deviationists Stalin “would echo the grievances of the workers”. Stalin wasn’t seen as a good person because he was; it was because he saw opportunities in supporting certain groups to gain support, such as the workers. So Stalin didn’t come to power because of his personal appeal but it was because of his ability to take advantages of