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america 1930. How did Stalin create a personal dictatorship in his rule
of the USSR in the period from 1924 to 1941? Background In ...
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Submitted by rickyc on March 26, 2007
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How did Stalin create a personal dictatorship in his rule of the USSR in the period from 1924 to 1941?
Background
In my essay I will discuss how Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvilli came to power after Lenin died. He was not initially the favourite to succeed into the leadership but through his strengths and his opponents' weaknesses he defied the odds. Once in power, he used fear and force to maintain his rule over the USSR and during his rule he was not challenged by anybody else.
Josef Stalin (meaning man of steel') became leader of the USSR in 1924 after the death of Vladimar Lenin. From 1929 to his death in 1953, Stalin ruled over the USSR with total authority and rarely gave much away to his opponents which resulted in him often being underestimated and his opponents never really saw him as a threat. Although Stalin was ruthless, he transformed the USSR from a backward country to one of the greatest powers in the world.
But how did such a man rise to become one of the most powerful leaders of the twentieth century?
There are many accounts of how and why Stalin was able to gain power but most Historians agree that it wasn't just one single thing that brought him to power but more a combination of his strengths, the weaknesses of his opponents, his political skills, and in some ways simply pure luck.
Stalin builds his foundations
Lenin died in 1924 and most people thought that his great friend and ally Trotsky would become the new leader of the Bolshevik Party. There were other people in the Party who contested the leadership but Trotsky was always the favourite to become leader. Rather than having one person lead the Party, some believed that a committee would be a better way of leading the Party and the country.
Trotsky was popular with the people and he was a brilliant speaker. He was also one of the main leaders of the Bolshevik...
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