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At the same time that Stalin was fighting to be the leader of thw Soviet Union, Trotsky was becoming unpopular. Trotsky was arrogant and disagreed with Lenin's Economy Policy and supported Worldwide Revolution where they were to spread communism to the rest of the world. The people of Russia disliked Trotsky's believes and were more supportive if Stalin's Socialism in One Country, where they were to strengthen themselves within the country first.

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Lenin's testament was not revealed. Lenin had urged that Stalin was to be removed from the position of being the Secretary-General, and also said that Trotsky was his preferred successor. However, Lenin's testament was kept a secret as it criticised other leaders in the party. This then allowed Staljn to appear close to Lenin and appear as Lenin's natural successor, helping Stalin to gain more support from the russian people and become the supreme leader of the Soviet Union.
Trotsky's unpopularity also helped Stalin rise to power. Trotsky was the leader of the Red Army and seen as the most likely candidate to take over from Lenin. However, Trotsky was arrogant and disagreed with Lenin's New Economy Policy and also disagreed with Stalin's Socialism Revolution and instead, he supported Worldwide Revolution. This made more people think that Trotsky was unloyal, and thus, willing to side with Stalin to get rud of Trotsky. Hence, Trotsky's unpopularity helped Stalin to rise to power.

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One external circumstance that helped Stalin was Trotsky's unpopularity amongst the proletariat. Trotsky was the leader of the Red Army and seen as the most likely candidate to take over from Lenin after his death. However, Trotsky was arrogant and disagreed with both Lenin's New Economy Policy and Stalin's Socialism in One Country. Instead, he supported Worldwide Revolution. This made people more willing to support Stalin to get rid of Trotsky and Stalin seized that opportunity to gather support.
Another external circumstance is Lenin's Testament that was not revealed. Upon his death, Lenin wrote a Testament was slated to be revealed. His Testament was especially clear that we wanted Stalin to be removed from his position as Secretary-General. Lenin also disclosed that he wanted Trotsky to be his successor. However, the Testament was kept secret as it critised other leaders in the Party. Stalin seized this opportunity to appear close to Lenin and appear as Lenin's natural successor.

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Explain how external circumstances helped Stalin to become the supreme leader of the Soviet Union.

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Explain how external circumstances helped Stalin to become the supreme leader of the Soviet Union.

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The external circumstances helped Stalin as it provided him advantages to become the supreme leader. One example is that Lenin's testament was not revealed. Although Lenin had the urge to remove Stalin as secretary general and that he said Trotsky was his preferred successor, the testament was never revealed. It was kept a secret as it criticised other leaders in the party. This therefore act as an advantage for Stalin as not revealing the testament allowed Stalin to appear close to Lenin and as Lenin's natural successor.
Another example is Trotsky's unpopularity. Trotsky was the leader of red army and seemed like the most likely candidate to take over Lenin. However he was arrogant and he disagrees wif both Lenin's New Economy Policy and Stalin's Socialism in One Country, supporting the Worldwide Revolution instead. This made people support Stalin instead in order to get rid of Trotsky

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One external circumstance was Trotsky's unpopularity. Trotsky was the Leader of the Red Army and was seen as a great threat by other successors as he was Lenin's right hand man and most likely successor of Lenin. However Trotsky argued with Lenin as well as the Party on numerous issues thus being seen as disloyal to the Party. One example being his disagreement on Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP) Moreover, Trotsky fell very ill around the time of Lenin's death and was too weak to gather his own supporters. This allowed Stalin to be seen as the successor by giving Trotsky the wrong date to Lenin's funeral which led to the public thinking that he was being rude.

One over circumstance was the non-disclosure of Lenin's testament as it contained criticisms of all the successors. While the other potential successors benefitted from this as well, Stalin benefitted the most as his criticisms of Stalin were the most scathing. Lenin also urged the others to remove Stalin from his position of Secretary General. The Party thus decided not to disclose the testament to the public hence this allowed Stalin to remain in a position of power, helping Stalin rise to power

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External circumstances such as Trotsky's unpopularity helped Stalin to become the supreme leader of the Sovieg union. Trotsky was the leader of the Red Army and seen as the most likely candidate to take over from Lenin. He was arrogant and disagreed with Lenin's New Economy Policy and Stalin's Socialism in One Country and supported Worldwide Revolution instead. This made more people willing to side with Stalin to get rid of Trotsky and Stalin seized this opportunity to gain support in order to rise as a leader. By making Trotsky a common enemy, Stalin gained support and was able to become the supreme leader of the Soviet Union.

Secondly the fact that Lenin's Testament was not revealed also helped Stalin alot. in the testament, lenin had urged that stalin should be removed secretary-general and that trotsky was his preferred successor. however, the testament was kept secret as it criticised other leaders in the Party. this allowed stalin to appear close to lenin and deceive the public into thinking that he was Lenin's natural successor. the public would then be more inclined to support stalin as a leader, allowing stalin to become the supreme leader of the Soviet union

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Trotsky was unpopular amongst the proletariat. He posed as a main threat to other potential successors. Being the head of the Red Army, he was greatly supported by soldiers and was known for being intelligent. Despite this, he was also arrogant, and argued against Lenin on several occasions. Although he still trusted him, others saw Trotsky's actions as an act of disloyalty towards Lenin. As such, Stalin seized the opportunity to manipulate the public's view of Trotsky, and tricked Trotsky into missing Lenin's funeral by giving him the wrong date. This furthered tarnished Trotsky's reputation, and many party members were angry with Trotsky's apparent lack of respect for Lenin when he failed to appear at the funeral. By manipulating the public's perception of Trotsky, Stalin lowered his chances to be a threat to other successors, thus contributing to his rise to power.

Lenin's final testament was not released to the public. In his testament, he had wanted Trotsky to take over as his successor. He had also wanted Stalin removed as Secretary-General as he commented that he was "too rude". This would have damaging effects to his reputation. However, all top leaders decided not to release the Final Testament in public as Lenin made damaging remarks about all of Lenin's potential successors. Stalin was relieved by his decision, as this meant he could stay in power by being a Secretary-General, and manipulate others to see him as Lenin's successor, thus benefitting his rise to power.

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One example would be that Lenin’s final testament was not released to the public.In Lenin’s final testament Lenin had stated that he wanted Trotsky to take over him when he died. Lenin also had commented that Stalin was “too rude “ and wanted him to be removed as the secretary general. Since Lenin was supported by many Russians if his testament had been released the Russians would have turned against Stalin and start to favour Trosky more. Stalin would then not have been the chosen as the next leader of Russia. However because all the top leaders decided not to release the final testament in public as Lenin made damaging remarks about all Lenin’s potential successors. The public still favoured Stalin more .

Another example would be that Trotsky was unpopular.Trotsky was intelligent but arrogant. He was the head of the red army and was thus supported by the soldiers. Even though he had argued against Lenin before. Lenin trusted him.However others saw it as an act of disloyalty towards Lenin

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One external circumstances that helped Stalin to become the supreme leader of the Soviet Union was that Lenin’s final testament was not released to the public. During that time, Lenin was severely ill, he was at a backwards and hence the country was facing a power vacuum. He knew that Stalin was rude and was suspicious about Stalin, he did not want him to become the leader of the Soviet Union. And hence in his testament, he said that he wanted trotsky to take over, he was worried that Stalin would abuse his power and even wanted to remove him a Secretary General. However, in his will, many of the other leader were criticised and so they decided not to release Lenin’s statements. Stalin was relieved as the public and other leaders would not have known about Lenin’s concerned about Stalin’s leadership in the future and continue to trust and support him. This without Lenin’s will which states his unhappiness about Stalin, Stalin could rise to power
Another external circumstance was that Trotskyist was unpopular. He was a threat to many leaders as not only was he intelligent but also arrogant. He had many arguments with Lenin about his political system and this made it seem like he challenged Lenin’s original ideas and Plans. But in reality he was just raising concerns. He was seemed as a radical. Hence showing that Trotsky was very much disloyal in peoples eyes. This his unpopularity and dislike form the leaders made Stalin rise to power and others would choose Stalin over lenin

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one of the external circumstances that help stalin to become the supreme leader of soviet union is that lenins testament was not released. this is became before lenin died before 1924, when lenin wrote a testament about criticising all of his potential successors. lenin wrote that stalin should be removed from his secretary general position because lenin felt that stalin was too r00d. However, the politburo choose not to release lenins testament after lenins death because he also criticised his other successors such a trotsky, zinoviev and more. the politburo felt that if they release the testament the russians would not support the potential canidates. this made the poliburo ignore lenins reminder of not removing stalin the secretary general. hence, this made stalin seize the opportunity and continued to rise to power.

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One external circumstance that helped Stalin become the supreme leader of the Soviet Union was the non-disclosure of Lenin's testament. Lenin had urged that Stalin to be removed from his position as Secretary-General of the Communist Party as Lenin became suspicious about Stalin's character and ambitions. Lenin also stated in his testament that Trotsky was his preferred successor. The testament was kept as a secret and not revealed to the public as Lenin had criticised all of the leaders in the Party. Hence, the leaders didn't want the public to know which led to the decision of the non-disclosure of Lenin's testament. This allowed Stalin to appear close to Lenin and appear as Lenin's natural successor.

Another external circumstance that helped Stalin become the supreme leader of the Soviet Union was Trotsky's unpopularity in the Poliburo. Trotsky was the leader of the Red Army and seen as the most likely candidate to take over from Lenin. However, he acted arrogant and was always outspoken. He had disagreed with Lenin's New Economy Policy as well as disagreed with Stalin's Socialism in One Country and supported Worldwide Revolution instead. He failed in convincing his Party members of his idea of world revolution, allowing Stalin to seize this opportunity to make sure he had the support of his Party members on his idea or plan. This made more people willing to side with Stalin to get rid of Trotsky

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One example is that Lenin’s testament was not revealed. Lenin wrote in his Final Testament that he wanted Stalin removed as Secretary-General as he felt that he was rude. Not to mention, Trotsky was his preferred successor. However, top leaders decided not to release the Final Testament in public as it made damaging remarks about all of Lenin’s potential successors. In addition to this, Stalin visited Lenin frequently before he died. Hence, Lenin’s Testament not being revealed helped Stalin become Supreme Leader as he appeared close to Lenin and people in russia saw him as Lenin’s natural successor.

Another example was Trotsky’s unpopularity. Trotsky poses as a threat to the other potential sucessors as he was intelligent but arrogant. He was also the leader of the Red Army and was seen as the most likely candidate to take over Lenin. While he argued with Lenin before, Lenin still trusted him. However, people in russia saw this as an act of disloyalty. In addition, Trotsky believed in ‘Permanent Revolution’ which was not well-received. He wanted to send troops to neighbouring countries to make them communist. However, his fellow party members thought russia was too weak to lead a world revolution and was tired of wars. Hence, with Trotsky’s unpopularity, Stalin was able to promote his ideas and more people was willing to side him to get rid of Trotsky

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One of the external circumstances that helped Stalin to become the supreme leader of the Soviet Union was Trotsky’s unpopularity in the Politburo. Trotsky, as Lenin’s right-hand man and head of the Red Army, was one of Stalin’s strongest competitors. As such, he was seen as the biggest threat by others in the Politburo and became their target in order to succeed Lenin. However, he was too outspoken as he disagreed with Lenin’s New Economic Policy. Thus, his opponents seized his criticisms as opportunities to attack him. As a result, Trotsky was seen as disloyal to Lenin and the Party. He also disagreed with Stalin’s Socialism in One Country which many of the proletariat were opposed to. Therefore, people were more willing to side with Stalin instead of Trotsky and so Stalin was able to succeed

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one reason how external circumstance  helped stalin was that lenijs testament was not released to the public. in the testament, lenij wrote that he wanted stalin to be remived from his position as the sec-gen as he felt that stalin was too rude and stated that trotsky was his preferres successors. the senior politicians decided not to release it to the puvlic as the testament also criticised other potential succesors and leaders in the party. the leaders also felt that there was no need to remive stalin as they felt that trotsky was a bigger threat. thus the non disclosure of lenins testament worked in stalins favour as if it had been read out, stalin would most likely be remobved from his position as sec-gen and would no long be able to use it to manipulate his way to power....

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One external circumstance is that at that time, trotsky was unpopular among the Russians. Trotsky was the leader of the red army and hence was seen as the most likely candidate to take over Lenin’s position. But people viewed him as an arrogant person because he disagreed with Lenin’s New Economy Policy which he isn’t supposed to be against as he’s most likely taking over Lenin, and instead of supporting lenin he was against him. And also he was against Stalin plan of socialism in one country and supported worldwide revolution instead, when the people aren’t living in good condition .Hence this made more people willing to side with Stalin to get rid of trotsky as the people didn’t like trotsky

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Lenin’s final testament helped Stalin to become the supreme leader of Russia. When Lenin fell ill and went into semi-retirement in 1922, hr made his views known in his Testament before his death. In this Testament, he voiced out criticisms on his successors and clearly advised Stalin’s removal of his position. When, the Testament was revealed to the potential successors, they all agreed not to share it to the public as it included criticisms of them. Consequently, the Testament helped Stalin retain his position as Secretary-General, which he utilized effectively during his rise to power.

Another external circumstance is Trotsky’s unpopularity in the Politburo. Trotsky was one of the strongest obstacles that Stalin faced in his plan as Lenin’s successor. Before Lenin’s death, Trotsky was regarded as Lenin’s right-hand man and Trotsky held position as leader of the Red Army. His leadership was further elevated when he was recognized for his victory in the civil war. Thus, Trotsky was seen has the biggest threat by other members and this made him very unpopular.