10 Brutal Realities of Life in Stalin’s Soviet Union November 20, 2018 Unipro2013main Military History </p> <h2>Joseph Stalin Rise</h2> <p> When Vladimir Lenin died in 1924, his charismatic henchman Leon Trotsky seemed to be his most obvious successor. Instead it was Joseph Stalin, a man once described by Trotsky as a “dull grey blur” and a “nonentity” who had, by 1929, vanquished his political rivals and seized power for himself.</p> <p> Please support our Sponsors -
