After the revolutions of 1917, Stalin continued to gain prominence within the party. In the Spring of 1918, Stalin’s assignments “confirmed his high status in the ascendant party leadership. In internal and external affairs, he had stuck by Lenin…Stalin fought his corner in the Central Committee and dominated his People’s Commissariat” (Service, Stalin 161). He was given important assignments such as procuring food supplies which had run desperately low. With each opportunity that presented to exert himself as a leader, Stalin greedily seized it. He shouldered every responsibility no matter the weight and carried it with great pride. “Stalin was a law unto himself. When transferred to Petrograd on the Western Front in mid-1919, he showed macabre
