s of a man. Lenin wrote a note to Leon Trotsky to succeed him. Stalin had Lenin’s note suppressed and joined with two other members the Poliboro to defeat Trotsky. Then Stalin turned on the two who helped him defeat Trotsky and by 1928 had made himself the dictator of the Soviet Union (The Red Tsar http.go2net.com). With power in his hand Stalin began his “five-year plan.” The plan was to industrialize the country, a program that went hand-in-hand with a plan to bring all agriculture under state country.This initial attempt to industrialize the country (as compared with later attempts) was generally successful, but collectivization was extremely unpopular and was resisted by the peasants. In response Stalin had millions of them killed, or allowed to starve to death. In 1934 Stalin began a massive slaughter of party members and military leaders, and in 1937 entered into the famous “nonagression pact” with Adolph Hitler (The Red Tsar http.go2net.com). Hitler later broke the pact and attacked the Soviet Union. 1953 Stalin died (World Book 828)....
