that he was a threat to the stability of the russian communist party because of his position as General - Secretary, and the ambitions that he had. His position would of allowed him to regulate the people joining the party, to make them stalins people, instead of individual supporters of communism
Joseph Stalin gained more power than any other person after Lenin died. In the last year of Lenin's life, Stalin led Russia along with Lev Kamenev and Grigory Zinoviev. Then Stalin gradually ousted Leon Trotsky, Nikolai Bukharin, Zinoviev and Kamenev from consideration as Lenin's sole successor. In 1929, Stalin became the sole power in the Soviet Union.
Lenin's last wish was that the Communist Party find some way to eliminate Joseph Stalin from his positions of power within the Communist Party so that Leon Trotsky, rather than Stalin, would succeed him as leader of the country on his death.
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In November, 1929, Stalin gained full power in the Soviet Union after expelling Nikolai Bukharin from the Politburo thereby eliminating his last remaining rival for control of the Soviet Union. Stalin had exercised partial power together with Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev after Lenin suffered his first stroke on May 25, 1922. After Lenin's death Stalin continued in partial power as he eliminated all rivals to his leadership and at last gained full power over the Soviet Union.
Lenin was his last name. Vladimir was his first name.
Russia was communist for 70 years. It had more than one leader. From 1917 to 1989, they were: Vladimir Lenin, Josef Stalin, Nikita Khruschev, Leonid Brezhnev, Yuriy Andropov, Konstantin Chernenko & Mikhail Gorbachev. The bloodiest was Josef Stalin. He murdered twice as many people as Hitler.
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The last thing Dr. Manette wrote in his account was a note recounting the events of Charles Darnay's trial and acquittal. He praised Lucie's bravery and loyalty during the trial and expressed his gratitude for Darnay's freedom.
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This site may help, here is an excerpt and the site:A review of the judgments of statesmen and analysts over these 45 years makes melancholy reading. From the notion that Lenin's régime would last but a few weeks or months (Lenin shared this view for a while) to the certitude that power and responsibility always sober; from Lenin's N.E.P. to Stalin's "socialism in one country" and Khrushchev's "thaw"; from the celebration of Russia's entry into the League of Nations through the shock of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to the Grand Alliance that was to build "one world"; from Stalin's "peaceful coexistence" to Khrushchev's "peaceful competition"; from the "collective leadership" following Lenin's death to that following Stalin's, to the personal rule of Khrushchev-at every zig we have proclaimed, "At last it has come," at every zag muttered, "Surely it cannot last!"* http://www.foreignaffairs.org/19621001faessay41114/bertram-d-wolfe/communist-ideology-and-soviet-foreign-policy.html
1953 was Stalin's last year of leadership. He died March 5, 1953.