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Stalin had many roles under Lenin. In 1917, with Lenin in exile in Switzerland, Stalin (with Lev Kamenev) ran the Bolshevik Party until April when Lenin returned. Stalin also led the Party when Lenin was in hiding in Finland after the abortive attempted Bolshevik coup in July. He was one of five leaders of the Military Revolutionary Centre, which became the armed force that backed up the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution. Perhaps his most important position was as Peoples Commissar for Nationalities, which allowed him access to many Bolshevik leaders. He made many alliances which later helped him oust Leon Trotsky, Grigory Zinoviev and Nikolai Bukharin as rivals for succession in leadership of the Communist Party after Lenin's death in 1924. In 1922 after the Eighth Party Congress, Stalin was appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party.
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Why did Stalin immediately begin to change agriculture and industry after succeeding Lenin in 1924?
Significant changes weren't fully implemented until 1929 with the end of NEP (New Economic Policy). When Lenin died, Stalin continued this policy while instituting what is called Collectivization. It was a manner with which to collectively bring all aspects of life under the control of the government to ensure stability and efficiency of all aspects of agriculture and industry. Industry was already highly controlled by the Bolshevik government since they always stood for the workers, but they viewed the peasants, profiting off their farms while the workers starved as being unjust. They therefore collectivized the farmland and turned the farms into agricultural factories. All of Soviet society was made to run like a machine (in theory). When considering Lenin and Stalin, changes can be seen in the institution of NEP in the first place as Lenin had begun to decline in health and Stalin capitalized on his weakened state by assuming the prime role of leadership in the party... Stalin's changes to agriculture and industry have nothing to do with Lenin, merely another example of Stalin manipulated the situation to meet his own needs.
How were Leon Trotsky and Vladimir Lenin linked?
Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky were both editors of the Iskra in Russian 1902. Lenin and Trotsky were also both Russian revolutionaries, even though they did not see eye to all on all things related to this. However, in 1904 the men reconciled their differences.
Who was the president of the Russian government 1950?
Joseph Stalin was the sole leader of the Soviet Union from 1929 to his death in 1953. From 1923 to 1929, he led Russia in concert with others until he ousted them from any role in leadership of the Soviet Union.
What was Joseph Stalin role in the Russian civil war?
Stalin did not really have a major role during the revolution, he was a Georgian revolutionary who had a lot to say from the safety of relative anonymity. He emerged after the revolution full of drive and ambition, and by deceit and subterfuge, cleared the way for his own leadership ambitions after Lenin's death. There is an interesting book called "Loyal Comrades, Ruthless Killers" that features a number of "doctored" photographs portraying Stalin as being involved in significant events when he was not present at them or, had nothing to do with them. He was the head of Russia's Communist party and ruler of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.
What role did jospeh stalin play during the war?
Josef Stalin was the Russian leader in WW2
