Why Did Joseph Stalin Lead Up To The Russian Revolution

During the year of 1917, Russia was in a pretty bad situation. Citizens were living in poverty, while the Tsar had a deluxe and luxurious lifestyle. There was a lot of corruption that caused a lot of commotion within the people; they were not satisfied with their leader. Their leader, Czar Nicholas II, on the other hand felt that he was leader appointed by God and was doing a good job. That was when the people of Russia started getting ideas on ways to solve this power inequality. On man who had an idea was Vladimir Lenin. The idea that he had wasn’t initially his, it was established by a man named Karl Marx who had died long before the revolution. The idea was of communism or Marxism, in which everyone is essentially equal. At the time when …show more content…
Trotsky wanted to change the U.S.S.R. for the better for its people. But when Stalin became the new leader and became the dictator of the U.S.S.R., he used his power to get rid of Trotsky using propaganda against him and doing things like taking him off the Politburo. After many exiles before, Stalin then exiled him for good. Stalin was a power seeking, corrupt dictator who used lots of propaganda and force (KGB) to get his way and make it seem okay. He even had a Propaganda department in his government to help his credibility and help him get support. One place that he used his propaganda was in schools and education. He wanted the next generation to follow nobody but him. The Russian revolution was meant to fix all the problems made by Czar, but instead the predicament became much worse. During that time there were these plans called the Five-year Plans, which were made to help industry. At that time the U.S.S.R. had made a pact with Germany over the control of Poland. But by 1941, Germany broke its pact and invaded Russia. Then soon came along the Second World War and soon after, the Cold