Leon Trotsky vs. Josef Stalin
*Stalin is successful
*Because he controls the position of General Secretary
- Get to appoint everyone in the party
- Only chose people who believed in him
- would use propaganda to make himself look good and Trotsky look bad
- Set up a secret service that went after anyone who spoke out against communism (KGB)
*Expels Trotsky from Soviet Union
- Later to be put on trial in abstention for treason
*Hunted down and assassinated in Mexico City in 1940 (Ice pick)
*Stalin to follow "Socialism in One Country" slogan
- He wanted to focus on making soviet russia communism very strong before he spread it around the world
- Would kill or send off anyone who spoke out against him
*Because he controls the position of General Secretary
- Get to appoint everyone in the party
- Only chose people who believed in him
- would use propaganda to make himself look good and Trotsky look bad
- Set up a secret service that went after anyone who spoke out against communism (KGB)
*Expels Trotsky from Soviet Union
- Later to be put on trial in abstention for treason
*Hunted down and assassinated in Mexico City in 1940 (Ice pick)
*Stalin to follow "Socialism in One Country" slogan
- He wanted to focus on making soviet russia communism very strong before he spread it around the world
- Would kill or send off anyone who spoke out against him
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Summary
The power struggle between Trotsky and Stalin was one filled with fiery sparks, ultimately ending in Stalin winning due to his influence in the media and being general secretary. To seal the deal though Stalin had Trotsky killed by his NKVD,