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From 1922, Lenin suffered a series of strokes which weakened his ability to work. During his illness and after his death, the Politburo agreed to act as a collective leadership. All the members claimed that they did not want to replace Lenin or have a similar position of authority. Desp...

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  • stalin
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Advanced Higher History – Nasri Farah

Qu: To what extent was Stalin’s rise to power due to his opponents’

weaknesses?




From 1922, Lenin suffered a series of strokes which weakened his ability to

work. During

his illness and after his death, the Politburo agreed to act as a collective

leadership. All

the members claimed that they did not want to replace Lenin or have a similar

position

of authority. Despite this, a succession struggle had begun behind the scenes as

early as

1923. On January 21, 1924, Lenin died. He was only fifty-three. Trotsky was

away in the Caucasus that month, and Stalin telegraphed him and said that the

funeral would be held immediately. Consequently, Stalin forced Trotsky to be

absent for the funeral, he knew how to create and use to his advantage. 1Lynch

states that, “Trotsky never had control of the political system as it operated in

Soviet Russia. Politics is the art of the possible. After 1924 all the possibilities

belonged to Stalin”, which is strengthened by 2Robert Service as he agrees a
1
Michael Lynch - Access to History: Stalin's Russia 1924-53 4th Edition – Chapter 3
2
Robert Service - ‘The Bolshevik Party’, in crtic comp p. 243

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