Why Was Stalin Able to Become Leader of Russia by 1926?

Why was Stalin able to become leader of Russia by 1926? (7) In January 1924, Lenin, the attracter of the Russian communist troupe died. Trotsky, the leader of the Red army seemed like Lenins successor at the time as he played a major role in the civil war. Meanwhile, Stalin held two positions Peoples commissar for Nationalities (responsible for the different nationalities in the Soviet empire) and planetary Secretary (responsible for the daylight to day running of the companionship. He was as well as a member of the Politburo, the society leaders who ran the country after Lenins death.They consist of Stalin, Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Bukharin, Rykov and Tomsky. As Lenins funeral was organized by Stalin since he was regarded as the partys executive because of his position as ecumenic Secretary, Stalin was able to deliver the oration. This enabled him to portray himself as the chief mourner, and heir to Lenin. Stalin withal telegrammed Trotsky the wrong date. Many saw Trot skys absent as disrespect for Lenin who had assumed a God-like spatial relation so his reputation was damaged. As a result, Lenins funeral gained Stalin meet and made Trotsky unpopular, contributing to his success in being the leader of Russia.Apart from that, the fact that the Politburo decided not to publish Lenins Testament which contains criticisms of them similarly contributes to Stalins success. This is because in his testament, Lenin had wanted Stalin removed from his position. Members of the party may not have supported Stalin if they had read the testament containing criticisms of him. They would probably support Lenins desire for Stalin to be removed from his position. Apart from enabling Stalin to gain support during Lenins funeral, his position as General Secretary also contributes to his success in becoming Russias leader in many ways.As it enabled him to access personal files of party members, Stalin gained information which he could use against his rivals. Further more, it also gave him the right to appoint new party members so he appointed his supporters. During Lenin Enrolment between 1923-5, all over half a million new members get together the party as it gave them privileges. This made them loyal to Stalin as he had allowed them into the party. New members could easily identify with Stalin because of his humble, peasant background and support for Stalin grew. On the other hand, Trotsky was unpopular.He came from a wealthy Jewish background and had a late conversion to Bolshevism. He was an intellectual who appeared arrogant. He also did not cultivate support but worked alone. This could be because of his poor judgment regarding other people. Trotsky also believed in the Permanent Revolution but in contrast, Stalin promoted Socialism in one country. Many feared that Trotskys idea of world revolution would ruin Russia so support increased for Stalin. In 1924, Trotsky said the partys bureaucracy was too big and was working for its own bene fit.He was isolated by Stalin as Stalin had joined with Zinoviev and Kamenev to form the Triumvirate. This happened before Lenins death and the aim of this alliance is to prevent Trotsky from being the next party leader. They campaigned against Trotsky by publishing his disagreement s with Lenin during 1903-7. They also used Stalins position as General Secretary and the 1921 ban against factions to remove Trotskys supporters from their influential positions. This led to Trotsky being constantly isolated and outvoted.In 1925, Trotsky was pressure to resign from his position of Commissar for War. Stalin, as a member of the Triumvirate has partly defeated the Left Opposition. However, In April 1926, Zinoviev and Kamenev realized that Stalin is exploiting his position as he used it to appoint his supporters into the party. They joined forces with Trotsky to form the United Opposition. They be after to restore Party and Soviet democracy and end the NEP (New Economic Policy). They were defeated in 1926 at the aboriginal committee meeting because Stalin called in his support and banned them from speaking.He also used his control of Party Congresses and elections to outvote them. They worked secretly but were then accused of factionalism (breaking the party) and were expelled from the party. The United Opposition was successfully defeated by Stalin and the party is now full of his supporters. As a conclusion, Stalins political schemes with the aid which his position as General Secretary offered enabled him to remove his rivals, gain support and power so he was able to become leader of Russia by 1926. Beatrice 11. 1