After Lenin's death, the leadership of the six CPSU was ill-fated
After Lenin's death, of the six CPSU bigwigs, only Stalin had the last laugh, and the other five, four were secretly shot and one was killed. This may have foreshadowed their fate, the result foreseen in Lenin's will.
Trotsky, nicknamed "Lenin's Stick", the father of the Soviet Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, ranked second only to Lenin. He was the one who terrified Stalin, but in the end he could not escape the pursuit of Stalinist killers, and was killed by an ice axe in his Mexican apartment.
Lenin once described Trotsky as "the most talented man".
Stalin, whose original name was Ivan Vycheslavovich Smirnov-Berge, was a far-reaching Soviet leader. He took the name "Stalin", which reflected his unwavering determination and strong leadership.
Under his leadership, the Soviet Union gradually became a superpower that terrified the world. However, Stalin's way of ruling was not always correct. He carried out *** and launched a series of purges that resulted in countless deaths.
It is estimated that about 1.2 million people have been arrested, of whom 6820,000 people were shot dead. This undoubtedly brought deep pain to the Soviet Union and the world. Stalin died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Moscow in 1953, and the subsequent actions of his successor, Nikita Khrushchev, caused widespread controversy.
Khrushchev's brutal removal of Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb provoked a re-examination of Stalin's assessment. Lenin once said to Stalin: "Comrade Stalin is done." With unlimited power, I am not sure if he will always be able to use it with great care. ”
This sentence makes one wonder how power should be used correctly.
Zinoviev, originally from Ukraine, was the first leader of the Comintern. After Lenin's death, he fought against Trotsky with Kamenev and for some time formed a "Trotsky coalition" with Trotsky against Stalin.
Eventually, however, during the Great Purge, Zinoviev was shot (he is said to have cried in the basement, begging for mercy). Although the October events were not accidental, the full blame cannot be placed on Zinoviev and Kamenev personally, just as the full blame cannot be placed on Trotsky.
Kamenev and Zinoviev were the main founders of the Fourth International. Stalin once described them as "two-faced". Their fate was similar to that of Zinoviev, and Lenin's assessment of them was also linked to Zinoviev.
Bukharin: Editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper Pravda, known as the number one thinker in the Soviet Union. He was deeply appreciated by Lenin and hailed as "the most outstanding force in the party" and "the most precious and greatest theoretician", and was a favorite figure in the party.
However, after Lenin's death, Bukharin sided with Stalin due to political disagreements, and was finally secretly executed during the Great Purge.
Pidakov, a Ukrainian, was a close confidant of Lenin, but after Lenin's death, turned to support Trotsky. However, during the Great Purge, Pidakov was not spared and was secretly executed.
Lenin once described Pydakov as "a man of strong will and outstanding talent, but who relied too much on administrative means and administrative aspects in serious political problems".
Pidakov is built for quality.