jan 1, 1929 - Stalin leader
Description:
- By 1929 Stalin was the undisputed leader of the USSR.ROLE AS GENERAL SECRETARY
- had power to promote and demote the top 5500 officials in the Soviet Union
- access to party files and was in charge of drawing up minitues for meetings, controlled information to other party members
- Passed on messages which role he abused to trick Trotsky into not attending the funeral.
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1929
Now
~ 96 years ago