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The Rise of Authoritarian Regimes
Quick questions on Stalin and the Soviet Union explained: N(A)-Level History
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What is winning the struggle for power?Show answer
When the leader of the Russian Revolution, Lenin, died, there was no clear successor, and a power struggle broke out among the leading communists. Stalin slowly outmanoeuvred his rivals. He used his position within the Communist Party to build up support, place his own followers in key jobs, and turn party members against his opponents one by one. By the late 1920s he had pushed out his rivals and made himself the unchallenged leader of the Soviet Union.
What is only mentioning terror?Show answer
Fear was central, but a full answer also covers propaganda, the cult of personality, and control of the economy and information.
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