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He was adverse to Stalin taking over, so he probably wanted Trotsky to come to power.
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∙ 14y agoStalin replaced the first leader of the U.S.S.R, Vladimir Lenin. he took power in the mid-1920's.
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Who did Joseph stalin replace?
Joseph Stalin replaced Vladimir Lenin after his death in 1924. Stalin was a dictator of the Soviet Union for more than 20 years.
What did Stalin want to show by preserving Lenin's body?
Stalin wanted to build Lenin's memory up as almost god-like pretty much so that he could be perceived that way too when he took over from Lenin.
2 most famous communist leaders of russia?
Vladimir Lenin, then Joseph Stalin
Did Stalin or Lenin have more control?
At first, lenin... then lenin died and Stalin screwed with the succession and seized power.
When Lenin died in 1924 who would replace him Stalin or Trotsky?
Lenin wanted Trotsky to succeed him, because he felt that Stalin was too power hungry and crude. Lenin even wrote that before he died, but Stalin found out about it and suppressed it. Stalin as Secretary General of the Communist Party had placed many people loyal to him in high party office and had allied himself with Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev (both of whom hated Trotsky). Trotsky found himself isolated and without support to succeed Lenin. Stalin, Zinoviev and Kamenev ruled after Lenin died, but Stalin gradually eliminated them too and took complete control in 1928.
What is true Lenin was succeeded by Stalin or Stalin was succeeded by Lenin?
I think Lenin was succeeded by Stalin.
Who did Joseph stalin replace?
Joseph Stalin replaced Vladimir Lenin after his death in 1924. Stalin was a dictator of the Soviet Union for more than 20 years.
Who lost in the power struggle to replace Lenin?
First Leon Trotsky, then Grigory Zinoviev and then Nikolai Bukharin lost in the power struggle after Lenin's death. All three of them and Joseph Stalin had claims to be Lenin's successor, but Stalin outmaneuvered them all.
What did Stalin want to show by preserving Lenin's body?
Stalin wanted to build Lenin's memory up as almost god-like pretty much so that he could be perceived that way too when he took over from Lenin.
Who surrendered to Germany did Lenin or Stalin?
lenin
2 most famous communist leaders of russia?
Vladimir Lenin, then Joseph Stalin
How is Joseph Stalin related to Vladimir Lenin?
Stalin was Lenin's successor, even though Lenin didn't actually like Stalin much. Before that, Stalin had been in charge of the Communist Party's administration.
Did Stalin or Lenin have more control?
At first, lenin... then lenin died and Stalin screwed with the succession and seized power.
Who seceded Lenin?
Josef Stalin replaced Lenin in 1924
When Lenin died in 1924 who would replace him Stalin or Trotsky?
Lenin wanted Trotsky to succeed him, because he felt that Stalin was too power hungry and crude. Lenin even wrote that before he died, but Stalin found out about it and suppressed it. Stalin as Secretary General of the Communist Party had placed many people loyal to him in high party office and had allied himself with Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev (both of whom hated Trotsky). Trotsky found himself isolated and without support to succeed Lenin. Stalin, Zinoviev and Kamenev ruled after Lenin died, but Stalin gradually eliminated them too and took complete control in 1928.
Why was josef Stalin in charge?
Stalin took over after Lenin died, in spite of Lenin's warning not to let him do so.
Did Lenin support Joseph Stalin as his successor?
No, Lenin actually opposed Stalin as his successor even to the extent of writing several notes (later to become known as Lenin's Testament" to the Central Committee of the Communist Party advising that a way be found to replace Stalin with someone who had "...greater tolerance, greater loyalty, greater courtesy, and consideration to comrades, less capriciousness, etc." Lenin's personal choice was Leon Trotsky.
