Stalin used the observatory to hold secret meetings and as a hide away for the forbiden marxist literature. ... In March of 1901 the police raided the observatory. ... Stalin was later arrested by police at a demonstration and was sent to the village of Novaya Uda in Siberia. ... Before a series of strokes prevented Lenin from working, he wrote a secret note warning that Stalin must be removed as general secretary. ... The leading Bolsheviks finally learned of the secret note warning against Stalin, but they ignored it. ...

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The assassin--who had been hired by the secret police, the NKVD--was shot, along with all his close relatives (this would become a typical Stalinist tactic). ... This was followed, in January of 1935, by the arrest of Zinoviev and Kamenev themselves, along with a number of their allies; they would be tried in secret, accused of having "inspired" Kirov's assassination, and given long jail terms. ...

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History Coursework 2, Question 1. In 1928, the newly empowered Stalin embarked on one of the most ambitious industrialisation programs in world history, leading to the establishment of the U.S.S.R as a pinnacle world superpower in less than half a century. Industrialisation was the primary goal of Lenin and Stalin, as well as many communist party members. The Soviet economy had made advances under Lenin's semi-capitalist N.E.P with its slight capitalist elements, but Stalin's five-year plans were far more ambitious and so far riskier. Did the Soviet Union need to industrialise so ...

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However, a secret clause, which was not revealed until January 1924, gave permission for party leaders to expel any members who they considered to be showing a lack in discipline, or who demonstrated a "tolerance of factionalism-. ...

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The emperor thwarted any form of opposition by employing the secret police forces and so the freedom of expression was really limited and this included the spread of information through the newspaper, and even books. ...

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