Discover how Joseph Stalin succeeded Lenin as the Soviet Union leader after 1924, shaping the USSR's future through strategic power consolidation.
Explore how Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms and the 1991 coup led to his loss of power and the Soviet Union's dissolution.
Discover how Nikita Khrushchev became the USSR leader after Stalin’s death and led the era of de-Stalinization starting in 1953.
Discover who led the Soviet Union after Stalin's death and learn about Khrushchev's key policies and impact from 1953 to 1964.
Discover whether the Soviet Union was capitalist or socialist and learn about its Marxism-Leninism-based planned economy and political structure.
Discover how Stalin removed Trotsky from power and orchestrated his assassination, ending their rivalry during Soviet history.