Stalin was a fucking evil genius of a chess master. I did my first 12 page paper for World History on "The Stalinization of Russia".
This man literally finessed an entire country by working himself into the position that allowed him to appoint like minded, future supporters of his into all the necessary positions of power that superceded his. And when there were finally enough of them and the time was right, they all unanimously named him their single dictator.
Stalin couldn't directly name himself dictator at the start and the government surely would've been against it, so he did the next best thing. He made sure all those positions who COULD make it happen, were over the years filled by selected "Stalin appointees".
It was quite remarkable! Such an evil man. But genius. Absolutely genius.
Stalin was a fucking evil genius of a chess master. I did my first 12 page paper for World History on "The Stalinization of Russia".
This man literally finessed an entire country by working himself into the position that allowed him to appoint like minded, future supporters of his into all the necessary positions of power that superceded his. And when there were finally enough of them and the time was right, they all unanimously named him their single dictator.
Stalin couldn't directly name himself dictator at the start and the government surely would've been against it, so he did the next best thing. He made sure all those positions who COULD make it happen, were over the years filled by selected "Stalin appointees".
It was quite remarkable! Such an evil man. But genius. Absolutely genius.