Stalin's Rise

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Key Dates

  • December 21st 1879- Stalin is born in Georgia
  • 1898-Stalin joins the RSDLP
  • May 29th 1899- Stalin is expelled from a seminary
  • December 1905- Stalin travels to the Bolshevik conference in Finland
  • January 1912- Stalin is appointed to the central committee
  • 1917- Appointed Commissar for Nationalities
  • 1918- Stalin becomes Director-General of Food Supplies and a member of the Cheka Committee
  • 1922- Becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party
  • 1928- Start of the Five Year Plans
  • 1934- Assassination of Kirov
  • 1936- Start of the Purges
  • 1939- Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, invasion of Poland

Stalin and Lenin's relationship:

Stalin and Lenin had a relatively good relationship throughout his time in the party. The men met at the Bolshevik conference in 1905, where Stalin impressed with his dedication to self fund his travel. Positive's of their relationship include:

  • Stalin's organising ability
  • His seemingly impervious nature towards suffering
  • Willingness to obey orders (Stalin was called "that wonderful Georgian" by Lenin)

However, there were negatives in the relationship:

  • Stalin's rudeness toward the Georgians after the civil war caused tension and forced  Lenin to get involved to prevent conflict
  • During an argument with Lenin's wife, he called her a whore and subjected her to abuse

Lenin's last will and testament:

Upon Lenin's death, The will and testament was substantially critical of Lenin, stating that "Since becoming general secretary in 1922, has concentrated enormous power in his hands; am I am not sure he always knows how to exercise that power with sufficient caution”. He also said that the part should think of ways "of removing Stalin from that position

Factors that helped Stalin;

The Lenin Enrolment was extremely useful to Stalin in gaining his support. During the enrolment, Stalin was in charge of a large recruitment drive into the party to gain more members from workers as well as to get more people in roles. This gained Stalin favours from the people who he got into the party and roles, and he was able to call these in at a later date in order to secure support.

Similarly, the ban on factionalism also helped Stalin. The ban still stood at the time, and as such he was able to accuse anyone who deviated from his

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