When the leader of Russia, Lenin died, there was a battle to succeed him. The people after his job were Trotsky, Stalin, Kamenev and Buckharin. The real contest was between Trotsky and Stalin. Lenin died on the 21st of January1924, he had been ill for some time. He had been through a lot with the Bolsheviks and when they took over he had become leader of the USSR. When the civil war began in 1918, I doubt he was thinking that when it ended in 1921, he would be leader. But the contest to succeed him...
Trotsky"s ideas.

Stalin"s idea"s were:

Gradual industrialisation

Socialism in one country

So it"s quite understandable how people wanted Stalin to be leader. His idea"s were safer for Russia"s future and Russia could become a better place to live. The board who selected him to be leader wanted Russia to have a steady future and not have to worry about another revolution, they knew that Russia would be safe in Stalin"s hands and they had a lot of confidence in him.

Russia looked to finally be on course for a long and successful run.