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.
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Stalin's chief was Vladimir Lenin during the years before the Russian Revolution and until Lenin's death.
Lenin ruled from about October 25, 1917 to his death on January 21, 1924. However, he had a stroke in 1922 and from then he wasn't really capable of governing well throughout 1923. He was unable to speak, was in a wheelchair and had lost virtually all political power within the Communist Party.
Vladimir Lenin was the leader of Russi at the end of World War 1. The war ended in 1918 and Lenin was in power until his death in 1924.