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When Lenin died two people had the standards for taking control of his position, Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky.

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How Stalin Takes Power Through Manipulation 

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How Stalin Takes Power Through Manipulation 

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1. Stalin makes allies with two others people in the Communist Party who were also against to Trotsky.
2. Lenin's funeral:
Stalin made Trotsky look disloyal/disrespectful to Lenin, as he gave him misinformation about Lenin’s funeral
3. Reveals disagreements:
Stalin publicized disagreements between Trotsky and Lenin to make his look disrespectful to the Party and Lenin.
4. After the Stalin had taken the following steps (as shown above):
Trotsky was eventually expelled from the Communist Party, and then exiled.
5. How it ends with Stalin gaining power:
This ended with Stalin gaining power, through manipulation and allies, overall making him much control, and fear to anyone who challenged him.

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Stalin had total control over the media, including newspapers and radio broadcasts. He also used art and propaganda to portray himself as the savior of Russia. Over time as more of his political enemies were removed, he had pictures and text altered so it was as if they never existed.

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Stalin's 5 year plan to rebuild the country saw the USSR become a world superpower, but at the cost of many Russian lives. The government controlled the education system and taught only what was useful to the state. For example, evolution was believed to go against Marxist beliefs but other sciences in astronomy and engineering were taught. All religious groups were persecuted, especially the Russian Orthodox Church.

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In an effort to cleanse the Soviet Union from enemies to the state, Stalin ordered the arrest of people of all social classes who were rumored to be conspiring against him. People could get arrested for minor things and it was common for people to be taken away because of a dispute with a friend or neighbor. Most people were then sent away to labor camps or executed, resulting in the death of 8-13 million people, including nearly his entire political and military staff.

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Stalin's propaganda influenced the naming of streets, towns, and even a flower. The most well known example is Stalingrad, a city which saw the largest and bloodiest battle in history. Later many of these places were renamed.

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-Secret police increased Stalin's power and overall made him more dangerous to surrounding party members who disagreed with him.
-Forced Labor camps
-Great Purges (campaign of political repression) :people who posed to be a threat were killed, and all types of social classes

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Stalin gains popularity with people as he promotes to not 'fall behind' and 'propel' society by 'catching up to other countries'. These ideas are represented in his Five Year Plan.

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The government took control over privately owned properties (farms), then combined them into larger farms that were government owned, these were called, collectives. Peasants and farmer owners were then forced work on communal farms. The peasants, and farmers also had their equipment, housing, and belongings taken; this extreme control over people shows totalitarianism.

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Stalin's rule over Russia was the first of a long line of brutal dictators ruling over the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War.

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Driving out Trotsky from the Communist Party

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Driving out Trotsky from the Communist Party

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Shown in the pictures below are Trotsky and Stalin. One major cause of Stalin's power was driving out his opponent in the Communist Party, Trotsky.

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After World War 2 Stalin was part of the Big Three: the USSR, the United States, and Great Britain. America and Britain shared common interests, but Stalin decided to go a different path, creating a divide between the East and West.