Socialism in One Country Lenins Death and the Power Struggle
Lenin died in 1924 from a stroke and complications from syphilis
Stalin had desired to take controll of the Soviet Union
Leon Trotsky was also in a position to take controll
Majority of the goverment was split on who to chose to lead
Stalin had desired to take controll of the Soviet Union
Leon Trotsky was also in a position to take controll
Majority of the goverment was split on who to chose to lead
For years Stalin was struggling with syphillis and at the time there was not many things that could be done about it. Eventually this led him to develop a stroke that would paralize him. Eventually another would kill him and the Soviet Union was split between two potential leader: Leon Trotsky and Josef Stalin