How Joseph Stalin Become a Dominant Figure in Soviet Politics

Joseph Stalin came to power in 1928 when hethe last Tsar, Nicholas II and in place, a provisional
became the de facto leader and the dictator ofgovernment creating Russia's first liberal
the Soviet Union until his death in 1953. He wasdemocracy.
the general secretary of the Bolshevik centralThe Soviet Union then became established by the
committee of the communist party whichCommunist Party, the Bolsheviks and Vladimir
influenced the Soviet Union profoundly until itsLenin due to a great rise in political activity and
decease in 1991. This essay is going to focus onthe formation of political and social organisations.
the issues faced by Russia at the time of Stalin'sAnd in November 1917, Lenin advocated the
rise to power, his rise to power and theseizure of power from the provisional
consolidation of this throughout the making of thegovernment with little resistance from Petrograd.
Soviet Union.He established a state based on soviets from his
Throughout the centuries Russia obtained a uniqueApril thesis on his return from hiding. Lenin's
regime stemming from Ivan the Terribleapproach to rule was similar to that of Leon
(1533-84). Russia's mission was to create a 'thirdTrotsky's who believed the way to overcome
Rome' with Moscow after Constantinople hadRussia's backward economy and to become a
fallen and so the system became commonlysocialist state was to aim for a permanent
known as autocratic where absolute rule of therevolution. However, the Bolsheviks rule did not
state and the church and serfdom of thecome smoothly. The Russian civil war lasted
peasantry came to effect. Later, such rulersbetween 1917-1922 between the communist
became known as Tsar which had an empiricRed-Army and the anti-communists of the
value and was used to describe these rulers untilWhite-army.
1917. Due to revolutionary war and the upheavalClick here for another article on Russian Politics.
of the monarchy this resulted in the execution of