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How many did Lenin kill?
Lenin was responsible for the deaths of 1.6 million but Stalin killed as many as twenty million.
Leon trotsky accused Joseph Stalin of being a what?
Leon Trotsky accused Joseph Stalin of being a tyrant and demanded democracy. Although Lenin wanted Trotsky to assume leadership after his death, Stalin's supporters out-maneuvered Trotsky. Stalin suppressed Lenin's will and manipulated Trotsky out of his post of Commissioner of War as well as out of the Politburo.
In his speech Stalin refers positively to Lenin and then repeats one of Lenin's famous quotes. What type of audience appeal is he using?
Ethos
Who was opposed by Leon Trotsky?
Joseph Stalin opposed Trotsky in their struggle for power after Vladimir Lenin died in 1924.
How did Stalin portray himself to the Russian people after World War 1?
He deceived them by putting on a front of respect and honor towards their beloved, idolized Lenin. When Lenin died, Stalin made it seem as though he was appointed successor, when in reality Lenin had tried and expose Stalin in his Testaments. Originally, he had been elected as Chief Secretary (something which Lenin regretted later on.) And used his powers to steadily grow and gain followers. Acted as a humble, friendly man. But the Russians would soon learn this cover was completely false. He also embraced his "Russianism" which was what the Russians wanted in their leader - a native, someone like them. This all helped him become Dictator of the Soviet Union in December 1929.
Soviet leader who succeeded Stalin?
he succeeded Lenin in 1928 but Lenin died in 1924
Who succeeded Lenin as head of soviet communist party?
Joseph Stalin
Who succeeded Lenin as head of the communist party?
Joseph Stalin succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party because Stalin had already been made Secretary General of the party before Lenin died. Stalin did not take over as sole leader of the Soviet Union, but he was the leader of the Communist Party.
Who succeeded Lenin as a dictator and established a totalitarian state in the USSR?
Joseph Stalin
Who succeeded Lenin?
Lenin's SuccessorJoseph Stalin succeeded Lenin. However, immediately after Lenin died, a troika of Stalin, Grigori Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev succeeded him until Stalin took over complete control in 1929. Stalin was also very mean and killed a lot of people the people who disagreed with him.
Was Lenin in power before Stalin?
Lenin (1917-1924), but poor health prevented him from doing much after mid 1922. He was succeeded by three men ruling jointly - Stalin, Zinoviev and Kamenev. By 1927 Stalin had sidelined the other two and from 1928 he was the dictator of the Soviet Union.
Who tried to take power away from Lenin?
Joseph Stalin along with Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev tried to take power from Lenin when Lenin was disabled by strokes. These three ran the government in Lenin's absence as he recovered and continued to do so secretly even when Lenin returned to work. The three would make governmental decisions in secret meetings after the general meetings that Lenin attended. Stalin restricted access to Lenin when Lenin was recovering. Stalin's biggest move for power was after Lenin made him Secretary General of the Communist Party. Once in that post, Stalin placed people loyal to him in many governmental offices. Stalin never did unseat Lenin, but he certainly tried and succeeded to take at least some of Lenin's powers away.
Who surrendered to Germany did Lenin or Stalin?
lenin
True or false Joseph Stalin and Lenin were eye to eye on how communism should be secured in the new soviet union?
False. In actuality, before Lenin's death, he had written that Stalin should not succeed him because he [Stalin] is more extreme & it would be dangerous.
2 most famous communist leaders of russia?
Vladimir Lenin, then Joseph Stalin
How is Joseph Stalin related to Vladimir Lenin?
Stalin was Lenin's successor, even though Lenin didn't actually like Stalin much. Before that, Stalin had been in charge of the Communist Party's administration.
What was Stalin relationship with Trotsky?
Lenin was a great political leader working for the greater good of the workers of Russia, and Stalin was an autocratic dictator who exploited Russia's workers for his own good. The relationship between them was that Stalin worked under Lenin, and when Lenin died, and Stalin seized power over Russia, even though Lenin had specifically stated that Trotsky should succeed him, Stalin tried to associate himself with the well loved Lenin in order to create an image of himself that differed from his true anti-Marxist intentions.
