Lenin's Death & Aftermath

Part 1
1. He was the leader of the Bolsheviks and placed them into power.
2. Famine, protests, Civil War, and Epidemics.
3. Both Lenin and Robespierre were radicals, and the deaths of the two pushed their revolutions farther. However, Stalin used Lenin's death as a way of getting into power.
4. I do not think it would have worked. People followed behind Lenin because he was a good speaker and popular, however Stalin and Trotsky might have had the same effect but not to the same degree.
Part 2
1. Lenin is afraid that the two parties will split and that the Central Committee will come crashing down.
2. Lenin believes that Trotsky will become too preoccupied with the Administrative side of his job rather than the theory of Marxism.
3. Lenin thinks that Stalin is powerhungry and believes that the Public will not support him.
4. Lenin was leaning towards Trotsky to become leader of Russia. He continually says that Trotsky was very capable, just a little too obsessed with his work. I would have chosen neither and instead picked Bukharin because Lenin obviously liked how his theories were put together and saw his loyalty. However, he was not a good public speaker.