By melancholic.bear on Skatehive
ENG Lenin’s Last Warning: Stop Stalin Before he died, Lenin tried to save the revolution from the man who would later reshape it. In the final months of his life, weakened by strokes and unable to speak clearly, Lenin put his final thoughts to paper. These writings were not filled with praise or victory. They were filled with concern. His biggest warning was about Stalin. Lenin described him as too rude, too harsh, and dangerously power-hungry. He worried that Stalin was gathering too much control over the party and the state. He even urged the Communist Party to remove Stalin from his position as General Secretary. What pushed Lenin to speak out so directly Stalin had insulted Lenin’s wife and shown open disrespect to other party leaders. Lenin saw in him not just a rival, but a threat to everything the revolution had tried to build. He believed Trotsky was the most capable leader. Stalin, in his eyes, was not just unfit. He was dangerous. But when Lenin died in 1924, his warning was