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Stalin's position as General Secretary of the Communist Party seems to have given him responsibilities and powers that allowed him to create a personal dictatorship. Now was this intentional on Lenin's part? Or did he have another plan for power distribution in the party?

by /u/nowlan101 in /r/AskHistorians

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