Stalin

Question 0

How was Stalin pro active?

Answer 0

He had a powerful position in the communist party
He was politically cunning
He tricked Trotsky into not going to lenins funeral

Question 1

Why did Stalin succeed Lenin as ruler of the USSR? (3)

Answer 1

1. Stalins pro activeness
2. Trotskys mistakes
3. Trotskys poor luck

Question 2

What were Trotskys mistakes?

Answer 2

Made no allies within the party
His ideas were unpopular
He didn’t join Bolsheviks until 1917
He was Very suspicious

Question 3

What was Trotskys poor luck?

Answer 3

He suffered a bad fever for 3 years

Leading communists decided not to make lenins testament public(it greatly favoured Trotsky over Stalin)

Question 4

How did Stalin get all his power?

Answer 4

1923: Lenin called for Stalin to be replaced
1924: Lenin died
1924: Stalin, kamenev, and zinoviev dominated the politburo
1925: Trotsky sacked
1926: Stalin turned against kamenev and zinoviev and allied with buhkarin
1927: kamenev, zinoviev and Trotsky all expelled from party
1928: Trotsky exiled to Siberia
1929: bukharin expelled from party