The factors that contributed to Stalin becoming the next leader are plentiful and can mostly be divided into Stalin’s own strengths and the weaknesses of his most important rival‚ Trotsky. All the factors can also be linked in one way or another‚ as shall be seen in this answer. One of the most important reasons why Stalin won the power struggle is that he used his high positions in the Communist party and the power that came with it to his advantage. Several factors fall under this category.
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the speech by making sure that Trotsky was not present at the funeral. Due to Trotsky’s absence Stalin was able to praise the work of Lenin‚ making out that he was going to carry on Lenin’s work‚ which gave him extra support from the public‚ due to the fact after Lenin’s death the entire nation was in mourning and believed that Lenin was a good man giving his all to make the USSR a better place. It also gave Stalin the chance to criticize his biggest rival‚ Trotsky who was not at the funeral to defend
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Why were the Bolsheviks able to seize power in Russia in 1917? The Bolshevik’s were able to seize power in Russian in 1917 mainly due to the exceptional leadership of Lenin and the organisational skills of Trotsky‚ the Red Guard army that was formed on May 11th 1917 and then re-organised on the 4th of November and the problems that the Provisional government had. The Bolshevik revolution took place with an armed rebellion in Petrograd. The October revolution led by the Bolshevik party and Lenin
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to who should take over from him or how the country should be run. This was the first time such an event had happened as the hierarchy of the Tsars before him was clear. His death created a huge power vacuum at the top of Soviet politics between: Trotsky‚ Stalin‚ Bukarin‚ Zinoviev and Kamenev‚ who all tried to take over the leadership of the Communist party. Different ideological plans were significant in the Struggle for power‚ but so were personality factors‚ institutional factors and tactical manoeuvring
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Communist Party‚ as its leading figures competed to replace him. By 1929‚ Joseph Stalin had defeated his rivals - and therefore become leader of the party - through three stages: the defeat of the left opposition (and therefore Trotsky)‚ the united opposition (Zinoviev‚ Kamenev and Trotsky)‚ and finally the right deviation (Bukharin). Stalin gained power due to a number of factors‚ particularly his position as General Secretary of the party‚ along with his other roles‚ but also through errors made by the
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reason that helped them to succeed was Trotsky. Furthermore‚ there communication between each other‚ their control of the railway and their strong‚ direct intentions all produced a successful win. Lenin also kept structure to the Russian public which portrayed Lenin as an iconic figure. All of these reasons really proved necessary for the Bolsheviks to succeed‚ allowing their revolution and new style of thinking to carry on improving and ruling Russia. Trotsky was the fundamental reason as to how
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the ideas of Lenin. The first form of Leninism focused on Lenin’s policies during the civil war of 1918-1921. The second form of Leninism took inspiration from the ‘New economic policy’ introduced in 1921. 3) The left wing party was represented by Trotsky throughout the 1920’s. The right wing by Bukharin. Zinoviev and Kamenev switched between the right and left in 1925‚
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significant were the personalities of the contenders to succeed Lenin in accounting for Stalin’s defeat of his opponents in the years 1924-29 Lenin’s death in 1924 not only created a power vacuum but also a bitter struggle for supremacy between Stalin‚ Trotsky‚ Zinoviev‚ Kamenev and Bukharin as each tried to become the new leader of the communist party. Whilst I do think that the personalities of the combatants were noteworthy I believe that the other elements involved such as Stalin’s tactical skill‚ the
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and maintain what Kruchev described as "the accumulation of immense and limitless power". Stalin’s rise to power was a combination of his ability to manipulate situations and the failure of others to prevent him from taking power‚ especially Leon Trotsky. Stalin ruled the USSR from 1929 until his death in 1953. His rule was one of tyranny‚ a great change from the society that his predecessor‚ Lenin‚ had envisioned. During his time of reign‚ Stalin put into effect two self-proclaimed "five-year plans"
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LAST 1101 Professor Gordillo April 2‚ 2013 Jessica Johnston Frida Kahlo: A Biography Frida Kahlo was born in 1907‚ just south of Mexico City‚ in a town called Coyoacán. Her father‚ Guillermo Kahlo‚ was Jewish and born in Germany. When he immigrated to Mexico he married Frida’s mother‚ Matilde Calderón‚ a catholic mestizo. Frida identified herself with both her European ancestry and her indigenous heritage. Unlike many mestizo or mixed persons‚ who tried to hide their indigenous background
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