Stalin's Rise to Power

“Stalin’s character was the main reason for his rise to power” Just prior to Vladimir Lenin’s death in 1924, a ‘power struggle’ for authority over communist Russia came between the leaders of the Bolshevik regime, because there was no logical successor to Lenin. The members of the ‘Politburo’, who were divided between those on the right and those of the left, were the main players in this battle, particularly Bukharin, Zinoviev, Kamanev, Tomsky, Rykov, …

…the obvious choice, as reiterated by Lenin in his Last Will and Testament: “Comrade Stalin, having become General secretary, has concentrated enormous power in his hands, and I am not sure he knows how to use that power with sufficient caution” . However, after this fell into the wrong hands, people became oblivious to dangers of which Lenin had attempted to warn people about, leading to one of the most ruthless dictatorships Russia would ever encounter.