After Vladimir Lenin died, Stalin's rivals for power were Leon Trotsky, Grigori Zinoviev, Lev Kamenev and Nikolai Bukharin.
Stalin's biggest rival was Leon Trotsky.
Leon Trotsky accused Joseph Stalin of being a tyrant and demanded democracy. Although Lenin wanted Trotsky to assume leadership after his death, Stalin's supporters out-maneuvered Trotsky. Stalin suppressed Lenin's will and manipulated Trotsky out of his post of Commissioner of War as well as out of the Politburo.
Joseph Stalin opposed Trotsky in their struggle for power after Vladimir Lenin died in 1924.
Leon Trotsky
After spending imprisonment in Siberia, Leon Trotsky was allowed to live, by Stalin. Trotsky began his exile in Turkey in Alam Ata.
Leon Trotsky.
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky used his pen to oppose Stalin.
Leon Trotsky was murdered on orders from Stalin in 1940.
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky.