● The Bolsheviks and the power struggle following the death of Lenin, including:

Question 1

Provide details on Lenins death?

Answer 1

The death of lenin

1918 Lenin was shot and survived
Suffered several strokes
Late 1923 difficulty moving and speaking
Final stroke 21 January 1924 and died later that day.

Question 2

How was Russia doing in the lead up to Lenin death?

Answer 2

• Future of Communism was hanging in the balance
• Having skipped the capitalist stage, Russia lacked the conditions nesscery to make socialism work
• the Bolsheviks really struggled to conquer this problem, with both war Communism and the NEP failing
• The future of communism was dependant on capital and commitment to Marxist ideology

Question 3

What was Lenin’s decline?

Answer 3

• Two years before lenins death and while he was suffering ill-health, Lenin created a political testament that outlined his onions on key Bolsheviks who could take over party leadership
• the leader race would come down to stalin and Trotksy
• Lenin liked Trotsky and did not like Stalin