Stalin's Dictatorship in the late 1920's
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- Stalin's Dictatorship
- Why did Stalin win?
- Trotsky was tricked by Stalin into missing Lenin's funeral - Bolsh saw this as betrayal
- People didn't trust Trotsky, he was too focused on world communism
- Stalin edited photos to look closer to Lenin
- Stalin was a good politician
- Stalin carefully planned to kill or exile all opponents to gain more power
- Trotsky
- Lenin said he was loyal, capable, polite, & good leader
- Self assured- little in common with proletariat
- Wanted world communism - Russia should inspire the rest of the world
- Jewish, very bright, well off, intelligentsia
- Led Red Army in civil war, in both revolutions - wrote ISKRA
- BFFs with Lenin, on the sealed train with him
- Beloved by intelligentsia, seen as distant by the people
- Late 1920's communism
- After Lenin's death, leadership was shared between 9 members of the Politburo (in charge of making policy)
- Lenin formed USSR just before he died - 1922 ish, Most USSR countries not happy
- After Tsar abdicated, most wanted independence from Russia
- Propaganda techniques developed - posters, statues & edited photos
- Lenin imposed censorship before he died
- Stalin
- Lenin thought he was too rude
- Rude, megalomaniaaggressive
- Determined, people like him, gets his point across
- Wanted Socialism in one country, sort Russia out first
- Identified with proletariat - poor, single mum, alcoholic dad
- Was in riots in civil war
- Edited himself into photos with Lenin
- Seen as 'one of the people' but not trusted by the intelligentsia, like Lenin
- Why did Stalin win?
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