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Lenin appoints Stalin to serve on the First Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party.
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In 1922, the Soviet Union (USSR) was founded and Lenin was the first leader.
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During the years that Lenin was leading, Stalin was rising to power and in 1922 he became secretary general of Central Committee of the Communist Party which enabled him to appoint allies.
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After Lenin died in 1924, Stalin rose above his rivals and won the struggle to become leader of the Communist Party which led him to become dictator of the Soviet Union.
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When Stalin became dictator of the Soviet Union in the late 1920's, he launched a series of five year plans to transform his nation. Stalin ruled by terror to eliminate anyone who opposed him.
