Stalin was in power as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and ruled as part of a three party committee with Grigori Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev in 1923 while Lenin was incapacitated by strokes and after Lenin died. Over the next several years he ousted Zinoviev and Kamenev and took sole power in 1929. He did not assume the title of Premier until 1941 and continued to wield the sole power in the Soviet Union until his death in 1953.
Joseph Stalin gained his power as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1952, People's Commissar for the Defense of the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1946, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1941 to 1953.
Regardless of the titles he held, Joseph Stalin consolidated his power and eliminated all opposition following the death of Stalin in 1924 and functioned as the head of state and dictator until his own death in 1953.
Joseph Stalin was the lead of Russia for 30 years. He held the title of General Secretary from April 3, 1922 to October 16, 1952.
Joseph Stalin was the dictator of Russia.
An iron-fisted dictatorship.
Answer this question… To eliminate all people who threatened Stalin's power
Georgy Malenko came after Joseph Stalin but was only in power for about a week. The Troika ruled for 6 months after Malenko. Then Nikita Khruschev was in power for 11 years.
Joseph Stalin was the Soviet leader responsible.
Any threats to his power whatsoever worried Joseph Stalin.
Joseph Stalin was the dictator of Russia.
The downfall of Joseph Stalin was when he died in 1953. Stalin remained in power until his death.
He lost power at his death.
An iron-fisted dictatorship.
Joseph sosso who took the pseudonym Stalin for the Russian word for steel, took power over the USSR on the 6th of may 1941
Answer this question… To eliminate all people who threatened Stalin's power
Joseph Stalin come to power in Russia after the Russian Revolution in 1917. He was the secretary general of the communists party which did not want Leon Trotsky to ascend to power after the death of Lenin.
Joseph Stalin
he was a very handsome man
Georgy Malenko came after Joseph Stalin but was only in power for about a week. The Troika ruled for 6 months after Malenko. Then Nikita Khruschev was in power for 11 years.
Stalin was Premier from 1924 to his death in 1953.