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How did Joseph Stalin rise in power?

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Answer: He was an unhappy WWI veteran who believed his plans for ending Lenin's N.E.P. and undertaking massive economic modernizations would win him total power.

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He rose to power using manipulation and terror (purges) to destroy his opposition from the communist party.
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