In regards to this ideal Stalin and Lenin were in complete agreement but their major divergence was in regards to international socialist revolution.
"The Collapse of the Second International," "Socialism and War," and "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism" all showed Lenin's belief, because of World War I, that capitalism was in crises and that the time for European revolution was afoot. Lenin wrote:.
"To the question, "What would the party of the proletariat do if the revolution placed it in power in the present war?" we answer: "We would propose peace to all the belligerents all the oppressed, and those who do not have equal rights And we would also raise in rebellion, the Socialist proletariat of Europe against their governments."1 .
Lenin believed that once a revolution occurred in Russia the notions would spread to the rest of Europe, with a Communist Russia at the helm. .
As a younger man Stalin agreed whole-heartedly with Lenin's views but as he matured with in the system his ideas began to deviate. Stalin altered the principle issue of worldwide Socialist revolution, a very important point regarding Lenin, to a more region defined idea of: "Socialism in One Country." He did not believe it necessary for the Bolsheviks to be the catalyst of an international revolution. The new focus of the Bolsheviks should be a peaceful coexistence with the West, while building a Socialist society at home. .
In 1935 Stalin published A Short Course: The History of the All-Union Communist Party. Through this work Stalin presents socialism as a scientific development began by Marx, and continued by Lenin and himself. Stalin used the work to solidify his legitimacy and authority by presenting himself as a defender of faith against the heretics, which in reality would equate to his political adversaries. A major deviation occurs between Lenin and Stalin over the concept of the classless society.
Lenin could foresee Stalin's motives. ... And yet, Stalin started planning his rise to power before Lenin passed away. ... Lenin considered Stalin to be rude, and too tyrannical with his power. ... In addition to the Cult of Lenin propaganda, Stalin also never went against Lenin's philosophies unlike his rivals. ... This nationalistic ideologies helped Stalin gained more popularity than Trotsky as Lenin opposed this view. ...
Lenin died leaving Stalin in a position of power. ... Thus by Lenin's death, and more so by 1926, Stalin had huge support and loyalty in the party. ... The party had changed from "the elite party of Lenin to the mass party of Stalin". ... Stalin took great care to use the words "as Lenin said- whenever he spoke. ... Moreover, this showed Stalin to be the natural successor to Lenin, especially as Stalin was present at Lenin's funeral, and had arranged it so that Trotsky was not. ...
A precursor to Stalin's five year plans, Lenin is famously quoted in saying "Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country.... With Lenin's Death in 1924 Stalin (after a political battle for the party) took on the responsibility of seeing Lenin's vision of a economically strong communist Russia through. Like Lenin, Stalin was willing to use Terror, force and coercion to achieve his goals. ... Martin Amis argues that Stalin failed where Lenin succeeded; "Collectivisation was already a clear catastrophe by late February 1930. There were differences, ...
"Stalin owed everything to Lenin." Stalin's oppressive rule was legitimized by the "imprimatur of Lenin's creation and succession." Marx's theory became Lenin's doctrine and Stalin's creative justification. ... As a self-willed Lenin disciple, Stalin became a member of the Politburo, the inner council of Bolshevism . ... The Socialist cause was the authority that justified both Lenin and Stalin's ruthless regimes. ...
Once Stalin was in control, part ideology and leadership all came under his leadership. ... As a result, differing visions played a minor role, and is further elaborated as Lenin took upon the leadership role uncontested. ... Despite Trotsky's decision of reintroducing tsarist generals sparking debate, especially with Stalin, the necessity of it, and Lenin's control over the party, allowed for a decisive victory and in turn shaped Russian history, where leadership conflict played a very small role. ... Furthermore, Lenin introduced a ban on factionalism allowing for a more unified c...
"Stalin owed everything to Lenin." Stalin's oppressive rule was legitimized by the "imprimatur of Lenin's creation and succession." Marx's theory became Lenin's doctrine and Stalin's creative justification. ... As a self-willed Lenin disciple, Stalin became a member of the Politburo, the inner council of Bolshevism . ... The Socialist cause was the authority that justified both Lenin and Stalin's ruthless regimes. ...
The next major era after the rule of Lenin came with the emergence of Josef Stalin towards the top of the Soviet political. Stalin ruled with aniron fist?... Stalin enacted hisrevolution from above? ... When Lenin was in power, he was not alone. ... Beginning with Lenin, who obviously epitomized the ideology, then going to the hard-line, extremist Stalin, who lead to the reformist Khruschev, and then back to Brezhnev, the ideology was evident in various and alternating stages. ...
One must also remember that Stalin's path to power was not a simple accession to power when Lenin died and there were other candidates for leader. ... Stalin, in the 1930s, used terror to enforce the wholesale collectivization of agriculture to a much greater extent than Lenin in order to fund industrialisation, to quote Alex De Jonge, "..Stalin declared war on his peasants, calling for the immediate 'liquidation of the Kulaks as a class'. ... So Stalin's method of dealing with the peasant question was much more extreme than that of Lenin. ... The fact that Stalin rev...
