Analyze the methods used and the conditions that contributed to Joseph Stalin's rise to power. By 1924, the situation in Russia had stabilized somewhat and Lenin was able to rule a one-party system through force and fear. Even though Lenin was not yet at the peak of his success, fate decided that he would never reach it. He died on January 21, 1924, quite unexpectedly, due to the severity of three previous strokes. Immediately, the Politburo, which had assumed most of the responsibilities shortly before Lenin's death, began searching for a new leader. Yet no supreme leader could separate himself from the others, and a power struggle resulted, which lasted for another five years, until Stalin could claim that he alone held power. On his way to victory, he had to defeat several left-wing contenders, including Trotsky, Zinoviev and Kamenev, as well as several right-wing figures such as Bukharin, Tomsky and Rykov. Although debate among historians about why Stalin became leader of the Soviet Union is still ongoing, it is possible to identify some of the methods and conditions that in some ways contributed to the accession to Stalin's power. Their analysis will yield a result which will show that a mixture of methods such as the use of power, manipulation and foiling of adversaries, and masquerade as well as conditions such as the death of Lenin, the suppression of his will and the Banning factions helped Stalin. to gain power. The condition that allowed Stalin to engage in a struggle for power was the death of Lenin. Without this, one wonders if Stalin would ever have taken power, as Lenin strongly criticized Stalin for his rudeness. He even called to "remove Staling from this post (of general secretary)" (historical guide... middle of article... he left by reintroducing some of their concepts in 1928. Stalin made it seem that he was in charge, using his position to pressure party members into agreeing only with the majority, so he was able to accuse the triumvirate of factionalism. therefore allowed him to silence his opponents within the party by accusing them of undermining unity, and he was thus able to use this condition to his advantage. It is therefore extremely likely that the influence that Stalin had over them. allowed him to win a majority and therefore the struggle for power It is impossible, without taking into account the one-sided arguments of historians, to filter an ultimate method or condition which brought Joseph Stalin to power. a mixture of conditions and methods that allowed Stalin to become the supreme leader of the Soviet Union..