Once Stalin was in control, part ideology and leadership all came under his leadership. ... Along with their removal, Stalin manipulated party ideology to suit with both the atmosphere and time of the country, gaining him popular support, whilst shaping Russian history. Ultimately the leadership conflicts aroused from differing vision for the future of Russia, allowed Stalin to take power, changing and shaping Russian history, forming a totalitarian rule. ... Stalin had utmost control over Russia and removed any possible political opposition to his rule, such as Kirov, and did so through th...

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The release of the Communist Manifesto (published in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels) on the Russian populace in the late 18th century was a catalyst for the violent, bloody Bolshevik revolution in 1917 – however the influence of the Manifesto, and by extension Marxism, is still hotly debat...

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