The Great Purge from 1934 to 1940 was used to effectively remove dissenters of the Communist Party from leadership, government office, and the military. Several millions of people were detained with an average of 1,000 being executed a day during the most violent years.
These acts of terror and the goal of total power by Stalin is one of many reasons that Stalin's body was removed from the tomb with Lenin in Moscow.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin was part of the communist soviet union. He was the 1st general secretary of the communist party of the soviet union
Joseph Stalin was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, a position he held from 1922 to 1952.
Joseph Stalin
Brezhnev became the Soviet leader after Khruschev.
Joesph Stalin and the communist party.
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party because Stalin had already been made Secretary General of the party before Lenin died. Stalin did not take over as sole leader of the Soviet Union, but he was the leader of the Communist Party.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
By Central Comittee of Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union only had one Political party, which was the Communist Party.