Stalin's rise to power
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- Stalin's rise to power
- 1922 - appointed General secretary,
- This enabled him to put his supporters into the party,
- As they were unlikely to turn aggainst him, but could also be easily replaced
- This enabled him to put his supporters into the party,
- He was seen as Lenin's disciple
- Orator at Lenin's funeral, (Trotsky hadn't attended)
- Agreed with Lenin's ideas about Russian's dominating over other nationalities
- Politically skilled and manipulated his rivals
- Alliances with Bukharin, Kamenev and Zinovev, as well as those under his control
- Zinovev lost power base after Stalin thought they'd served their purpose, after Trotsky had been removed from the party
- Always took a moderate position so he gained support from all sides,
- Policy of `World Revolution` was popular as it avoided conflict,
- Alliances with Bukharin, Kamenev and Zinovev, as well as those under his control
- His rivals had many weaknesses
- Trotsky missed Lenin's funeral
- believed in World revolution - was unpopular,
- Menshevik past
- believed in World revolution - was unpopular,
- Trotsky missed Lenin's funeral
- 1922 - appointed General secretary,
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