THE DEATH OF LENIN

What happened to Lenin in 1922?

he suffered from several strokes

What happened to Lenin by 1923?

he was incapacitated, could only speak a few words and walk a few steps

What did Lenin spend 1923 doing?

contemplating issues within the party and the direction it should take in order to achieve socialism

What happened to lenin on the 21st january 1924?

At age 53, Lenin suffered a brain hemmorage and died

How many people visited Lenin when he lay in state?

over 3 days, 3.5 million people visited

How many attended Lenin’s funeral?

1 million

What was Petrograd renamed to?

as it was the site of the revolution, Leningrad

What happened to lenin’s body?

it was embalmed and placed in a mausoleum in Moscow’s red square

Why did Lenin clash with Stalin?

Lenin accused Stalin of Great Russian Chauvinism and bullying tactics in his relations with the Georgian communist party, LEnin worried about Stalin’s power and his abusive behaviour towrad his wife, Kropskaya

Why did Stalin remain in power?

a stroke in March 1923 left Lenin incapcitated

Who had favoured a socialist coalition?

Kamenev, Zinoviev and Rykov

How are Stalin and Lenin similar?

not really at all, but Lenin was more vicious than people remember

What does Christopher Read say about Lenin and Stalin?

Lenin was very different to Stalin who put his own malicious stamp on the Soviet system

What were the main criticisms with lenin?

created a dictatorhip, ruthless, didn’t share power with other socialists, millions of Russians suffered, stopped disagreements and freedom of expression

When did Lenin’s cult first pop up?

after the ttempted assasination, and eulogies bagn to appear, giving him christ like qualities

How did Zinoviev add to the cult of personality?

made a long address, of which 200,000 copies were published

How did portraits and posters assist the cult of personality?

appeared in the streets, promoting Lenin’s god like leadership qualities

What did Lenin dislike about the cult, what did Kropskaya say?

disliked the adulation, she wanted ‘no external reverence for his person

What did Stalin do to lenin after his death?

put his body on display and turned his tomb into a shrine

What happened to Lenin’s brain?

was chopped into 30,000 segemts and stored so future scientists could work out the secrets of his genius

What was stalin’s speech like at lenin’s funeral?

quasi-religious

What was Zinoviev’s speech like at Lenin’s funeral?

powerful and reinforced the cult of Lenin ‘what would comrade Lenin have done in my place?’

What did Contendors claim after Lenin’s death?

they were keeping lenin’s ideas and everyone else was rejecting them