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When Lenin died in 1924 he left no clear successor for leadership of the Communist Party. A group of potential candidates emerged creating a series of factions within the Party. The 1920's was dominated by vigorous debate within the Bolshevik Party about the vision and path to modernize for the USSR.
Stalin was overall more aggressive than Trotsky, who was very submissive politically.
There were a number of things that aided Stalin in his outmaneuver of Leon Trotsky, these include:
Stalin had a superior political strategy ('Socialism in One Country') combined with his position in the Party at the time enabled him to obtain considerable power and influence after the death of Lenin.
Stalin was ruthless, ambitious for power and possessed a practical ideology, which assisted in his victory over Comrade Trotsky by 1928.
On-top of all of this Stalin was politically flexible aligning himself with key and influential figures of the Party to suit his own interests. He cleverly manipulated both to the left, then the right factions of the Party to eliminate competition for leadership.
Lastly, Stalin's position enabled him to hand-pick Party members and appoint key officials for important Party positions. This meant that because he stocked to Party with individuals who owed him their promotion this enabled him to establish a solid support base from which to draw upon.
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Who was involved in the allied invasion in 1918 - 1919?
joseph stalin and leon trotsky
Who was Joseph Stalin's primary opponent for control of the Soviet Union?
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.
What leader did Leon trotsky use his pen to oppose?
In the 1920's, Leon Trotsky opposed the bureaucracy and policies of Josef Stalin. As a result, he was removed from power in 192,7 and deported from the Soviet Union in 1929. He found asylum in Mexico and continued his opposition to the Stalinist government. He and most of his family were killed on Stalin's orders.
Who rivaled for control of the communist party when Lenin died?
The main persons vying for power were Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. There were others, such as Grigori Zinoviev and Nikolai Bukharin, but the first battle was between Trotsky and Stalin. Lenin favored Trotsky over Stalin, but Stalin was too entrenched in the Communist Party for Trotsky to win that struggle.
Why was trotsky not the leader of russia?
Leon Trotsky was not the leader of the USSR because he was exiled from the country (but first the Communist Party) by Joseph Stalin. Stalin used a divide and conquer strategy, allying himself with other political figures to outnumber Trotsky.
