Lenin and Kropzkaya

Stalin was a very rude to her, especially towards the end of Lenin's life as Lenin was increasingly incapacitated by a series of strokes. She had a very difficult time with Stalin who also feared because he wanted to be seen as the true heir of Lenin and purged most of the old Bolsheviks in the 30s. Kropzkaya was really under Stalin's thumb and she couldn't publish anything without it going through him.