What are the important factors for the emergence of Stalin instead of Trotsky as the leader of the Soviet?

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What are the important factors for the emergence of Stalin instead of Trotsky as the leader of the Soviet?

        

Stalin was born into a poor family. His father was a drunken cobbler and beat him and his mother. His cleverness helped him survive through a tough childhood of poverty and abuse. His luck saved him from the deadly disease of smallpox, which left him with a scared face and from blood poisoning that left his arm slightly withered. A friend remembered that he was very devoted to his mother and that he was a good friend as long as one submitted to his imperious will. All of this abuse made Stalin much more courageous and determined, he would never give up until the job was done. This in-fact helped him in later life.

At school he was a star pupil. He even managed to win a scholarship to train as a priest but protested against the teachers’ discipline and attitude. The punishment only made him more of a rebel.

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He took part in bank robberies and terrorist activities for the Bolsheviks, which helped him to weave himself to the top and by 1912 he was one of the Bolsheviks top 6 leaders. He edited the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda for short time before he was exiled to Siberia in July 1913. On his return he resumed the role of editor but Trotsky overpowered his role in the October revolution. So why, in the end does Stalin take power instead of Trotsky? All is answered in this Essay.

Between 1917 and 1922 Stalin consolidated his power. He had 3 important jobs ...

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