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Why did Stalin win the struggle for power in 1923 – 9?


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Why did Stalin win the struggle for power in 1923 – 9?

... Why did Stalin win the struggle for power in 1923 - 9? At the end of 1923 it was clear that Lenin would soon die, he had been alive for around 50 years and had suffered from strokes, the next one would finish him off. Lenin had been a successful leader of the Soviet government and the Bolshevik party, he had created various economic policy's, set up the Cheka secret police and resisted White Russian uprisings and foreign intervention. He had been popular with the communists and they trusted him. In 1922 when he was near his death Lenin appointed Stalin General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Lenin felt that as Stalin spoke no Russian he could make no speeches therefore would be no threat. At this point Lenin had another stroke, his second, control now slipped out of his fingers, Stalin now had a

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