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Explain how Stalin was able to create a personal dictatorship in the USSR in the period between 1924-1941.
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GCSE Coursework- Assignment One Explain how Stalin was able to create a personal dictatorship in the USSR in the period between 1924-1941. In order to answer this question I plan to show how Stalin wasn't initially the favorite to succeed Lenin and how Stalin outmaneuvered Trotsky to become the dominate leader in the politburo and then how Stalin used Zinovier, Kamenev and Bukharin against each other to become the leader by 1929. Also how Stalin's used the wants of the Russian people to become ruler by supporting "socialism in one country" and then how collectivization and the modernization of industry made by Stalin's position stronger. I will also look at the way he used propaganda to create a "cult of personality" and then how the purges and the "Great Terror" made him stronger and more powerful. Stalin initially was not the most favored member of the communist party to succeed Lenin this was because...
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