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At Lenin's funeral, his wife read a note from Lenin that said he wanted Leon Trotsky to succede him. There were two major members of the communist party in Russia that could have taken over after Lenin; trotsky or stalin. Stalin used fear and intimidation to gain leadership in the party, but what if that hadn't worked? What if the party chose Trotsky to lead them? How would this have effect the developement of the Soviet Union, and what impact might this have had on world war two?
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