1. Stalin's Rise to Power
... to the April Thesis, he wanted a socialist coalition government, and he had had heated debates with Lenin. This last point led to him losing influence. Bukharin was known as "the golden boy- of the party, and was a firm favourite with Lenin. He was good at organising and propaganda, and was also head of the newspaper "Pravda-. Additionally, he was a great orator ... , and a valuable theoretician for the party. It can be considered that the only reason he was not in a more prominent position to be Lenin's successor was because of his age- he was considered to be too young. Two other facto...
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