Lenin's Testament

had once described him as 'That wonderful Georgian'. He expressed his concern in his Testament, requesting that after his death, the members of the politburo must find some way to remove Stalin of this position into one with much less power. Stalin, worried by the damning comments within the testament, urged the other members of the Politburo, also criticised to suppress the Testament. The only

The same can be said about Trotsky, since his illness hindered him from attending Lenin's funeral and also stopped him from attending quite a large number of Politburo meetings which weakened his position. Furthermore Lenin's ban on factionalism made it hard for Stalin’s opponents to weaken him. Much more important is however as Jim Grant says that Stalin had offered to resign, however this was not accepted

affairs…" Even though he unintentionally projected Trotsky in this way, Lenin felt that if the removal of Stalin were not acted upon, the conflict between Trotsky and Stalin would intensify, which would jeopardize the whole Party. Combined with the Testament, Trotsky could have used the Postscript to obtain power, but instead Stalin squashed it in the Central Committee. Once eliminating Trotsky, Stalin’s idea of, “socialism in our country,” inevitably meant that Russia needed strength. The productions

1. Stalin's youth was surrounded by much violence. His father was an alcoholic who has mercilessly beaten his mother which instilled a sense of violence with in him. Once his dad left the family, he grew academically and was then invited to a Seminary. This was where he learned many of the marks teachings. 2. When he first began, he couldn't do much for the cause other then to go to prison. Each time the Tzar's police would find them and he would be arrested and thrown into exile a numerous amount

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