1. Who were the main contenders for power in 1924?
Stalin’s rise to Power
Who were the main contenders for power in 1924?
How did Stalin deal with them and ultimately win total control of the party?

2. Which 5 of these qualities do you think it is most important for the future leader of the Communist party to have?

3. Remember… Lenin’s last testament was very critical of Stalin.
He wanted it read out at the 12th Party Congress in April 1923
His wife, Krupskaya kept it secret hoping Lenin would recover and believing it could split the party
After Lenin’s death she turned it over the Communist Party Central Committee (CC)
The testament wasn’t published in full and read out to the party conference as Lenin intended…. So it didn’t have the intended effect!

4. The main contenders! - In the Right corner…

5. In the Left Corner…

6. And in the middle..
Me!

7. So the lineup…

8. Take a closer look..
Distribute the main contenders amongst the group: take into account the length of the description and how quickly each person is likely to work.
Make notes in your books on the strengths and weaknesses of your individual (s)
Discuss as a group: who is best placed to win?

9. Seconds out…

10. H/W
Produce brief notes on the key events during each year from the ‘boxing’ sheet
Try to just include the key names, dates and events relating to Stalin’s rise to power.
You must show clearly how her first turns on Trotsky, then the left and then finally the right of the party!

11. Stalin: most evil men in History video
Focus for notes:
What was collectivisation?
Who were the Kulaks?
What was the Gulag?
What was the ‘Great Terror’?