Joseph Stalin | Intellectual and Killer (Republish)
15-Minute History8 Heinä 2024

Joseph Stalin | Intellectual and Killer (Republish)

During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes and discussions. This episode and discussion about Joseph Stalin, originally aired on February 14, 2022.

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The great revolutionary's body lay in a red coffin as it wound its way through the streets of Moscow toward the House of Trade Unions. Six men carried it, surrounded by a phalanx of guards, through the gathered throng of mourners—some genuine, others paid. Each hoped to succeed Vladimir Lenin as leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but only one could, and did. The mustachioed man known to his friends as "Koba" who had spent decades fighting to bring communism to his homeland was now General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and he held in his hands the keys to ultimate power in the world's largest state. His rivals, especially Lenin's closest ally Leon Trotsky, were already plotting against him, but the general secretary controlled the Party's political apparatus and had the support of leaders across the country. When Lenin was laid to rest, three men formed an uneasy alliance, a troika, to rule collectively, but Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was determined to rule alone.

Join us as we teach you about Joseph Stalin, his life, rise to power, and his lasting effect on our world today.


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