Stalin: 70 years after a tyrant’s death
Spectre of Communism
The Rise and Fall of Stalin
After the revolution Russia was a little bit capitalist, but that's not how history works. Stalin came to power after battling with Trotsky and he was originally in a bloc with Sinovia and Kamenyev who for their own personal reasons had decided to side with Stalin against Trotsky. The state bureaucracy which was eating up an increasing part of the surplus or the wealth that was created in the society found in Stalin a character who was willing to basically become that tool. He collected individuals who had grievances against the Bolshevik party and collected them and formed personal relationships with them. They didn't really care about him as they thought he was an insignificant figure. Lenin and Trotsky understood there was something far more dangerous behind
