Joseph Stalin was the "totalitarian" leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin, however he did not have dictatorial powers immediately after Lenin's death in 1924. It took Stalin until the mid 1930's before he had eliminated almost all of his equals in the Communist Party and installed people loyal to him personally in positions of power. Once he had done that he became the totalitarian leader that history remembers him as.
nobody because the soviet union was not formed until 1917
There was no-one there to rule so Stalin thought it would be an "Amazing" chance to rule.
From 1917 to 1922, Vladimir I. Lenin had virtual control of the Russia/USSR since he was in control of the Bolshevik Party and the Bolshevik Party was in control of the country. Although he was still head of the party until his death in January, 1924, he was not truly in control because he was disabled by strokes. Beginning in 1922, the country was ruled by Joseph Stalin, Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev. Many times they did so behind Lenin's back.
he was 36 when he rose to power
When the USSR ceased to exist in 1991, Russia became the obvious successor to the Soviet legacy - historically, territorially, militarily, etc. Boris Yeltsin was the President of Russia at the time, and in that sense can be considered Gorbachev's successor.
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.
There were many - Lenin, Stalin, Brezhnev etc.
Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Joseph Stalin lead the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953.
The ruler of the Soviet Union was Joseph Stalin in 1941.
nobody because the soviet union was not formed until 1917
President of the Russian Federation .
The USSR or Soviet Union.
There was no-one there to rule so Stalin thought it would be an "Amazing" chance to rule.
From 1917 to 1922, Vladimir I. Lenin had virtual control of the Russia/USSR since he was in control of the Bolshevik Party and the Bolshevik Party was in control of the country. Although he was still head of the party until his death in January, 1924, he was not truly in control because he was disabled by strokes. Beginning in 1922, the country was ruled by Joseph Stalin, Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev. Many times they did so behind Lenin's back.
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he was 36 when he rose to power