Question

Explain the impact of the death of Vladimir Lenin on the USSR. (1 point)
The death of Lenin was a period of transition for the new USSR. Economic
• and power struggles meant that the country was wrestling with its existence.
In this struggle, Lenin's Cult of Personality emerged as a point on contention.
The death of Lenin was a period of transition for the new USSR. Economic and power struggles meant that the country was wrestling with its existence.
In this struggle, Lenin's Cult of Personality emerged as an anchoring point.
The death of Lenin was a period of stability for the new USSR. After some
• years of economic troubles, the country was now in a good place. Lenin's Cult
• of Personality emerged as an anchoring point.
The death of Lenin was a period of transition for the new USSR. Economic and power struggles meant that the country was wrestling with its existence.
In this struggle, Lenin's Cult of Personality emerged as a way for people to forget about it.

Answer 1

The death of Lenin (1924) marked a period of transition and intense power and economic struggle in the USSR: rivalries (Stalin, Trotsky, Zinoviev, Bukharin) led to Stalin’s eventual consolidation of power, the continued NEP only briefly, then a shift toward centralization and later forced collectivization/industrialization — and Lenin’s legacy/cult of personality was used as an anchoring tool to legitimize the new leadership.