Communist party.
Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky were the main rivals to become leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin died. Other rivals were Grigori Zinoviev, Lev Kamenev and Nikolai Bukharin, but they were fairly minor compared to Trotsky and Stalin.
No, Lenin died in 1924.
No, Josef Stalin did. Lenin died in 1924.
At first, lenin... then lenin died and Stalin screwed with the succession and seized power.
Simple answer Joseph Stalin
he succeeded Lenin in 1928 but Lenin died in 1924
If you're referring to Vladimir Lenin he was a part of the Bolshevik party which was the first communist party to rule a nation. That government was in Russia and later the Soviet Union. He died in 1924.
Joseph Stalin's rival for control of the Soviet Union was Leon Trotsky. Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 and over the next 5 years Stalin would kill or otherwise remove all of his political opponents and rivals and exile Trotsky. He eventually had Trotsky assassinated in Mexico City in 1940.
Lenin and Stalin gave the Soviet Union an autocratic (Totalitarian) Communist Government. Stalin kills more people than Lenin did. (Because Stalin is even more cruel than Lenin, who is somewhat more humane and Stalin took place as leader of USSR for nearly 30 years while Lenin died within 5 years after assumed as leader of USSR.)
Vladimir Lenin was the first person to take control in the Soviet Union. Lenin was in power through January 1924 when he died. Although he was almost totally incapacitated from strokes in 1923 (he could not speak or write), he was still active when the Soviet Union was formed in December 1922.
He died on the 21st of January.The funeral ceremony was continuing from 23 to 27 of Jan., but he wasn't buried because his body was put in a mausoleum.Sunday, January 27th, 1924See the related link below.
When Soviet Leader Lenin died in 1924, it was Joseph Stalin who quickly ascended to power, ultimately leading the Soviet Union to a totalitarian state.