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When Lenin died, Stalin had to gain popularity over Trotsky in order to assume power. He made Trotsky look bad by giving him the wrong date to Lenin’s funeral. Stalin publicized disagreements between Trotsky and Lenin and got Trotsky expelled.

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The Five Year Plan worsened the Russian economy in the long run and left many people angry and overworked.

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Millions of peasants were forced out of Russia to Siberia. Peasants were also forced onto collective farms.

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a campaign of terror eliminating anyone who threatened his power. Anyone who was intelligent or an artist was tried and convicted as traitors. People would report others in attempts to redeem themselves. Millions died. When the Great Purge ended in 1938, Stalin had gained total control of the Soviet government and the Communist Party.

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set impossibly high quotas to increase the output of steel, coal, oil, and electricity (to get Russia caught up with industrialization and technology). People faced severe shortages of housing, food, clothing, and other necessary goods but there were substantial gains.

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he controlled all of the media. There were heroic paintings of Stalin and used photo opportunities to spread that he is like the "Father of Russia". Parades that celebrated Stalin made him seem victorious and infallible. His ideas of school, literature, and genetics became state policy. Children growing up would think his ideas were the truth.

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Millions died as a result of the gulag labor camps.

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Stalin deceived the people through his propaganda. Since Stalin controlled the media, he was seen as a "Father of Russia", strong, powerful, etc.