Wednesday, 29 March 2017

Did Stalin create a personal dictatorships?

1922 Lenin appointed Stalin general Secretary

  • Others didn't want it
  • Had access to information - control of 26,000 files on members
  • Had power of the day to day running
  • Decided agendas for meeting
  • Supervised Lenin Enrolment in 1923 to 1925 (128,000 joined mostly poorly educated just want jobs)
  • Power of patronage - could promote people into party positions
  • Stalin understood how great an opportunity it could be

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