Who succeeded Mikhail Kalinin as the head of the Soviet Union?
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
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Joseph Stalin succeeded Mikhail Kalinin as the leader of the Soviet Union. Stalin rose through the ranks of the Communist Party, eventually becoming General Secretary in 1922. After Lenin's death in 1924, Stalin consolidated power and eliminated his political rivals. By the 1930s, he had become the undisputed leader of the Soviet Union, initiating policies such as collectivization and industrialization.
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