Rise of Stalin

The strong and vibrant leader of the Bolshevik Revolution

• V. I. Lenin
• Josef Stalin
• Leon Trotsky
• Alexander Kerensky

General Secretary of the Communist Party and successor to Lenin in 1924

• Leon Trotsky
• Tsar Nicholas II
• Alexander Kerensky
• Josef Stalin

Commander of the Red Army, lost succession of Lenin to Stalin in 1924

• Josef Stalin
• Leon Trotsky
• Alexander Kerensky
• Tsar Nicholas II

During what war did Lenin implement his "War Communism" in which he took over sole control of the war effort and the means of production?

• Russian Civil War
• World War I
• World War II
• War of the Roses

When Lenin finally realized the true state of the Russian Economy, he implemented the __________ in order to gain more money for the average farmer and worker within Russia.

• Lenin's Communism
• Marx's Communism
• "War Communism"
• New Economic Policy

The ________________ was the key decision-making body of the Communist Party.

• Politburo

• Provisional Government

• Bolsheviks

• Sovnarkom

Lenin died in the __________________

• 1924

• 1923

• 1922

• 1921

Stalin was the editor of the communist newspaper __________________.

• Gucci

• Troika

• Prada

• Pravda

Stalin held the position of ______________ in the Politburo.

• Chairman

• Secretary-General

• Supreme Leader

• Father of Soviet Union

Who was Trotsky? You can select more than one.

• Head of the Red Army

• Regarded as Lenin's right-hand man

• Member of the Politburo

• Editor of Pravda