The struggle for the succession When Lenin had his first stroke in May 1922, succession to the leadership of Russia became urgent. Trotsky, owing to his record and his charismatic qualities, was the obvious candidate in the party rank and file, However jealousy among his colleagues on the Politburo combine against him. As an alternative, the Politburo supported the informal leadership of the troika composed of Zinovyev, Lev Kamenev, and Stalin.In the winter of 1922–23 Lenin recovered partially and turned to Trotsky for assistance in correcting the errors of the troika, foreign trade policy, the handling of the national minorities, and reform of the bureaucracy. Trotsky was still Lenin’s right hand man at this time. In December 1922, warning in his then secret “Testament”
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