Russia Essay HELP! (1 Viewer)

[jel123]

'Evaluate the impact of Lenin's death in 1924 on party leadership and the debate over modernisation within the Bolshevik Party'

I know I have to discuss the power struggle between Trotsky and Stalin as an impact of Lenin's death but I don't know how to answer the second part of the question (debate over modernisation).

How would you approach this question?

Thanks in advance.

 

[ccy]

Juni, is this you? Haha

I'm with you there, the second section is difficult to relate back to Lenin's death!

 

[chuie]

How about through the death of Lenin came the increased prominence of Stalin's position of General Secretary? You can talk about how through such a postition he was able to slowly change the party base from a small yet tight group of intelligentsia to a massive group of people who were, well, not as smart. Hence party 'modernisation' through the advent of Stalin's 'yes men'.