A Brief Review on the Candidates Running After Lenin

Stalin

Stalin was a key role figure during the Bolshevik uprising and the eventual civil war, as well as the re-construction of the new Bolshevik government in Russia. Stalin had a genuine peasant/low social class background which made him a genuine supporter of the Bolshevik party. Stalin’s original name was actually Joseph, which he then, after hardened years of emotional pain from the death of his wife and the prison sentences he received, he adopted the alias of Stalin meaning “man of steel”. He was then later invited into the main committee of the Bolsheviks due to their shortage of numbers. However, he then gained other beneficial minority posts such as being an executive of the committee and becoming head of their party newspaper “Pravda”. Stalin, did not take part in any major roles during the October rising. During the civil war, he was consistent in disobeying orders made from Lenin and Trotsky, as they were the main organisers. However, after Lenin’s death, he was elected politburo, in which now he had central power over the Bolshevik party.

Trotsky

Trotsky was probably the most active and great organiser during the Bolshevik party reign since the October revolution. Especially during the civil war, he was working close with Lenin, in organising and controlling the red army. Trotsky’s main post was that of a commissar of war. It was Trotsky that organised the October revolution, and it was him to hold the revolution until the end of October. Basically, he was the main “brain” for the whole Bolshevik party. As Stalin was basically the speaker, and had great propaganda skills. Trotsky had a direct and strong personality as he did not waste his time of people who did not work in favour in his work. Although he was not a early supporter of the Bolshevik, he still retained much of his skills which was put to good use which eventually lead the Bolshevik party through the first few months of its power to through past the civil war. There were few personality problems with Trotsky that made him weak and opened a way of power for Stalin. Firstly, he was too loyal to the party, which he will do what it takes to certain limits not to damage the party. For example, he will take decisions easily from his colleagues in security for the party.

Zeosky

Zeosky was much a very traditional and early supporter of the party, which this enables him to be quite popular with the other supporters of the party. Furthermore, he held a minor position as party secretary. Zeosky did not however work closely with Lenin, in terms of relationships as Zeosky occasionally argued with Lenin about his ideologies. Furthermore, Zeosky opposed the armed uprising, which made him unpopular with Lenin, which Lenin could have given Zeosky a higher position in the party. However, even though Zeosky obtained a fairly low ranking position, this however gave him an opportunity to build a strong base for his position. Zeosky did hold a good trait for being an orator; however he did lack skill in being an intellectual thinker. In the party however, he was not too popular with the other members, as he was described as being an “impression of flabbiness…irresolution”.