Lenin's Death and the Power Struggle
- Lenin was shot in 1921 - Never fully recovered
- Dies in January 1924
- Power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky
- "Guns or Butter" debate = Heavy Industry or Consumer Goods (Industrialized Nation)
- Butter = consumer goods
- Guns = lower standard of living
- Struggle continues for 3 years- Stalin was in charge of propaganda (leader) and Trotsky was in charge of military
- Stalin is successful: General Secretary
- Surrounded himself with people who believed that he should be the leader
- Propaganda through media
- Uses the media to make Trotsky look bad
- Once elected, Stalin accuses Trotsky of treason
- So afraid of Trotsky that once Trotsky left, he had him hunted down and killed by an ice pic to the ear
- Stalin supported Socialism in One Country
- Dies in January 1924
- Power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky
- "Guns or Butter" debate = Heavy Industry or Consumer Goods (Industrialized Nation)
- Butter = consumer goods
- Guns = lower standard of living
- Struggle continues for 3 years- Stalin was in charge of propaganda (leader) and Trotsky was in charge of military
- Stalin is successful: General Secretary
- Surrounded himself with people who believed that he should be the leader
- Propaganda through media
- Uses the media to make Trotsky look bad
- Once elected, Stalin accuses Trotsky of treason
- So afraid of Trotsky that once Trotsky left, he had him hunted down and killed by an ice pic to the ear
- Stalin supported Socialism in One Country
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Quotation: "A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths are a statistic" - Stalin
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Summary
The Power Struggle that went on between Stalin and Trotsky lasted three years and resulted in Stalin defeating Trotsky and later having him assassinated due to Stalins own personal paranoia.