Trotsky and Stalin Before Lenin died on 21st January 1924, he was suffering from severe strokes due to this he was not able to play an active role in political life. When Lenin died he didn’t leave an accepted successor. It was obvious that Trotsky (Lenin’s closest comrade) would take over and emerge as successor. But this didn’t happen instead Joseph Stalin emerged as successor. It was a struggle for power between Trotsky and Stalin that went on for several years before Stalin was finally able T triumph in the late 1920.Trotsky wasn’t ready to give up everything he had worked for. He was
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