1. Using Documents C, D, and E (page 2 - all numbers referred to are the big hand written page numbers) explain how Lenin and Stalin worked to secure the supremacy of the party.
In source C Lenin talks about how it's not good to criticise the Party and if they do then the Congress must immediately disperse all of the groups without exception. Stalin's way was to basically kill anyone in his way and in Source E they used propaganda to secure the supremacy of the party.
2. In what ways do Documents A, B and C (pages 3 - 4) support the assertion made in Document C that "Lenin wanted power, Lenin's rivals did not want it"?
Lenin wanted power because he tells the people not to listen to the Provisional Government which leaves him left and also he makes all of these speeches and plans for the people to get them on his side and get their support, and as soon as he came back from exile he picked up the power. Lenin's rivals "did not want it" because no one stepped up to Lenin to take it from him and if someone did then they were killed so no rivals really wanted to take that chance. So if his rivals really did want power, then they would have done something about it.
3. What can be inferred from Document D (page 4) about the following?
a: Why soldiers wanted to go home
The soldiers wanted to go home because they didn't want to fight anymore and if they stayed they probably would have starved to death or have been killed. They also weren't there while the peasants were getting all the land, so the only thing they could do was leave and go home.
b: Why the soldiers now supported the Bolsheviks.
The soldiers supported the Bolsheviks because of their slogan, "Peace, Bread, Land". It was everything that the soldiers didn't have and what they wanted. Plus the Bolsheviks were on the rise at the time.
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