jan 24, 1924 - Lenin's Death

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- Trotsky was fed the wrong date for the funeral by Stalin and so wasn't present, damaging his reputation
- Lenin's body was embalmed and is held at Red Square
- Lenin's Will and Testament was not published despite his wife's wishes and the criticisms of Stalin it contained
- Trotsky, despite the favourable light it painted him in, did not push for its release
- Kamenev and Zinoviev were particularly opposed to it as it did not describe them favourably

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