History crossword puzzle on Stalin's rise to power

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  1. 3. Stalin frequently visited Lenin and this gave the party members as well as the general public that Lenin____________Stalin.
  2. 5. Trotsky led the Red Army to victory,and this gave him a great deal of____________.
  3. 8. Lenin's testament____________all the party members.
  4. 10. The party agreed that Lenin's testament was not to be made____________.
  5. 11. Moderated were those who____________Lenin's leadership and ideology closely.
  6. 12. Trotsky was an____________, therefore he was not close to the people.
  7. 13. Stalin took advantage of the moderates and radicals by____________himself with both sides.
  8. 14. Stalin acted as Lenin's____________to the world.
  9. 15. The Red Army made Trotsky the biggest____________in the Politburo.
  10. 16. In Lenin's testament, Lenin stated that Stalin should not be trusted to use the power wisely, and should be____________from his position as Secretary-General.
Down
  1. 1. During Lenin's funeral, Stalin acted as the chief mourner and____________Trotsky from attending it by giving him the wrong date.
  2. 2. The troika alliance formed by Stalin, Kamenev and Zinoviev, aimed to remove Trotsky from power by____________him.
  3. 4. Stalin was the Secretary-General of the party and he used his authority to____________his opponent allies with his own allies.
  4. 6. Stalin____________the members in the party which caused them to go against each other and gain support for himself.
  5. 7. To the Russians, Stalin seemed like he was the natural____________to Lenin.
  6. 9. Radicals were those who formed new ideas and____________the system.