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.
Trotsky ?The main struggle for control was between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. However Grigory Zinoviev and Nikolai Bukharin were also high enough in the ruling party that they could also vie for control. Stalin allied himself with Zinoviev to oust Trotsky. Then allied himself with Bukharin to eliminate Zinoviev. By then Stalin was so entrenched in the party that he cut ties with Bukharin and simply assumed power in the absence of meaningful opposition.
His closest known associate was Leon Trotsky.
Stalin eliminated Leon Trotsky, Grigory Zinoviev, Lev Kamenev, Nikolai Bukharin and most of the other original Bolsheviks who remained active in the government after 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.
After Vladimir Lenin died, Stalin's rivals for power were Leon Trotsky, Grigori Zinoviev, Lev Kamenev and Nikolai Bukharin.
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.
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.
Stalin never fought against Lenin. After Lening died in 1924, Staling vied for control of the country with Leon Trotsky, Grigory Zinoviev and Nikolai Bukharin. He outmaneuvered them all.
Trotsky ?The main struggle for control was between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. However Grigory Zinoviev and Nikolai Bukharin were also high enough in the ruling party that they could also vie for control. Stalin allied himself with Zinoviev to oust Trotsky. Then allied himself with Bukharin to eliminate Zinoviev. By then Stalin was so entrenched in the party that he cut ties with Bukharin and simply assumed power in the absence of meaningful opposition.
His closest known associate was Leon Trotsky.
Stalin eliminated Leon Trotsky, Grigory Zinoviev, Lev Kamenev, Nikolai Bukharin and most of the other original Bolsheviks who remained active in the government after Lenin died.
Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky.
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.
Vladimir Lenin was born on April 22, 1870.
Lenin was leader of Bolsheviks and Trotsky was second in command until Lenin died in 1924. Lenin had appointed Trotsky People's Commissar for External Affairs after the October Revolution. Then, when the Russian Civil War broke out, Lenin appointed him Commissar of War. Lenin had picked Trotsky over Stalin to succed him but Trotsky lost out to Stalin and others for the right to succeed Lenin. Stalin managed to expel Trotsky from the Communist Party and then from the country. In 1940, Stalin had a Russian agent murder Trotsky.
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.