- working for the leadership [selfish purpose ]
- stalin had been working for the leadership , not the revolution , for a long time . his opponent , trotsky was working for the good of the communist party while stalin was focused on consolidating his powers .
- stalin saw the advatntage of staying in moscow , buliding up jobs and supporters in the communist party , and especially sticking close to lenin .
- as lenin's health worsened , stalin made sure that he looked after lenin and it was stalin who took messages to the politburo , from lenin .
- in 1923 , stalin managed to suppress a letter from lenin to the politburo , which proposed to remove stalin from the position of general secretary . this would effectively cripple stalin's concentration of enormous power .
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