1a. Stalin's rise to power
Lenin had led the Soviet Union since the October Revolution of 1917. After his death in 1924 there was a power struggle between the leading Bolsheviks from which Josef Stalin emerged victorious. Why was there a struggle for power after the death of Lenin? What were the key issues and ideas involved in the power struggle? How did Stalin defeat Trotsky and emerge as leader of the Soviet Union? Why was there a struggle...