under the leadership of josef stalin, u.r.s.s. has become fast an industrialized state, and having won the second world war, a super power. in the same time, though, stalins tyranny has brought the ruin of the russian society.
even before the death of the soviet ruler lenin, the leaders of the communist party have begun the fight for succession. controlling the party meant in fact holding control of the whole country the first socialist country, giant but extremely unevolved. the 20 witnessed some big fights for power. in 1923 stalin, the general secretary of the party, allies with zinoviev and kamenev in order to defeat the plans of a brilliant and apparent dangerous rival leon trotki. in 1925 stalin finds new allies in bucharin and rcov, getting rid of zinoviev and kamenev. finally in 1929, stalin beats his former allies and becomes the only ruler of the u.r.s.s.
the real name of stalin was iosif djugasvili. the name under which he became popular was adopted...