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How did Stalin build on Lenin’s legacy of Bolshevik Revolution and introduce new elements of totalitarianism to transform USSR as a superpower?

  • UPSC 2020
  • Revolution and Counter-Revolution

Joseph Stalin's rise after Lenin's death in 1924 marked both continuity with and a decisive departure from the Bolshevik Revolution — he claimed Lenin's mantle while building a far more total, centralised, and militarised state than Lenin ever ran.

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  • Consolidating and Reinterpreting Lenin's Legacy
  • New Elements of Totalitarian Control
  • Transformation into a Superpower

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