Explain why Trotsky's Personality had undermined his position in the Party Leadership by 1929
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- Trotsky's Personality Undermining His Leadership
- Disrespect for Lenin
- Wasn't at Lenin's funeral whilst Stalin was Chief Mourner
- Published 'Lessons from October' soon after Lenin's death
- Stalin took advantage by being 'chief mourner' & "Lenin's Legacy"
- Link: Understimating Stalin
- Arrogance & nievity
- He made no attempt to build up support within the party
- Didn't believe the uneducated Stalin would be a serious threat
- Stalin built up a large base of support from 1the 1923 Lenin enrollment & was lucky Lenin's testimony wasn't used against him
- Oppertunisitic Nature
- Distrusted due to his Menshevik past & joining Bolshevisim months before the revolution
- No clear legacy as he allied with his formed opponents Zinoviev & Kemeniev
- Stalin had a clear legacy as Lenin's "successor", making him a clear choice for power
- Disrespect for Lenin
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