History Essay: Why Stalin Not Trotsky Stalin’s race to become the all mighty ruler fully started after Lenin died of a stroke on the 21st of January 1924. With Lenin gone‚ Stalin started to eliminate the other members of the Communist Party: Trotsky‚ Zinoviev‚ Kamenev‚ Rykov‚ Tomsky and Bukharin. He very cleverly switched between the left wing and the right wing‚ by making alliances with one wing the suddenly breaking with them‚ only to join the other wing‚ going against everything that they had
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throughout history. One such assassination was of Communist theorist Leon Trotsky‚ a man from Ukraine‚ who was the successor to Vladimir Lenin‚ however this led to his assassination while he was in exile. Leon Trotsky was born Lev Davidovich Bronstein in Yanovka‚ Ukraine‚ which was a part of the Russia at that time (World Book Advanced). His parents were David and Anna Bronstein‚ who were wealthy Jewish farmers (Leon Trotsky Biography). Trotsky began his schooling at age 8‚ and he was very intelligent. Many
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In the beginning‚ as Lenin end grew nearer‚ there were five potential leaders‚ Bukharin‚ Kamenev‚ Zinoviev‚ Trotsky and Stalin. It seemed so obvious that there only was one man to take over Lenin’s reign - Trotsky. He was Lenin’s right hand man‚ but a close second was Stalin. People saw him as the one who came second‚ that’s all he was; there was no way that he would beat Trotsky in the race for leadership‚ but what they didn’t know that Stalin’s cunning would overtake then all and he would end up
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Why Stalin and not Trotsky was able to succeed Lenin The first reason why Stalin and not Trotsky was able to succeed Lenin was because Stalin had an important position of General Secretary. He used his position as secretary to put his supporters on the Central Committee of the party and dismissed Trotsky’s. This helped him establish control over the party and this lead to him building a powerbase in which he was in control. Having mostly his supporters in the party helped as there were few members
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Explain why Trotsky did not become the leader of the USSR After Lenin’s death in 1924 the Bolsheviks (although not out rightly stated) were in need of a new leader. The power struggle occurred from 1923-1929 and eventually Stalin effectively became the leader of the USSR due to many reasons‚ including the weaknesses of Trotsky. Trotsky had not been a Bolshevik initially – he converted from the Menshevik party in 1917. Therefore some of the party members doubted him as 100% trustworthy. Within
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November 1917 and lasted till October 1922. Withes‚ diverse coalition considering mostly monarchism and capitalist‚ attacked the Reds‚ which was mostly Boleshevik‚ fighting for preservation and development of socialism under the command of Lenin and Trotsky. Many factors had to be taken into the account when result is considered‚ but it was mostly based on various lacks. Lack of support both economic and social‚ lack of unity‚ lack of human resources‚ lack of strong leadership‚ lack of common aim. Every
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than Trotsky emerge as the leader of the USSR? (12 marks) A power struggle for control of the Bolsheviks party began after Lenin’s death in 1924. Among the several contenders‚ the two main rivals to take his place as leader were Stalin and Trotsky. Trotsky was Lenin’s right hand man in the October Rebellion and it seemed that Trotsky was the natural replacement; however it was Stalin who ultimately was able to secure power. There were many reasons why Stalin rather than Trotsky emerged
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Why did Stalin rather than Trotsky emerge as leader of the USSR in 1929? A power struggle for control of the Bolshevik party began after Lenin’s death in 1924. Among the contenders for the role‚ two of the most powerful names in this struggle were Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. Ultimately‚ Stalin was able to secure power and vote out Trotsky by being politically skilful and cunning however most importantly he was lucky. First of all‚ Stalin was lucky. Trotsky remained ill for most of the power
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“Stalin won because Trotsky lacked a power base”: How far does this statement explain why Stalin‚ rather than Trotsky‚ succeeded Lenin as leader of the Soviet State? A power base is the source of a person’s organisation power or influence. The statement “Stalin won because Trotsky lacked a power base” does not explain the actual reasons as to why Trotsky did not succeed Lenin as the leader of the Soviet state. Trotsky had the most powerful power base in Russia at the time which was that he had control
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Lenin and Trotsky had both been able to contribute to the establishment and consolidation of a communist state in Russia 1917-24. In the beginning‚ before the Civil War‚ Lenin’s past seemed to be the one of spreading ideology to communism by his speeches‚ slogans and other forms of propaganda. On the other hand‚ Trotsky was more of a realist. He took care of the action the Bolsheviks had to take in order to be successful. He‚ assumingly‚ led the Bolshevik riots in the July days and defeated the Provisional
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