Why did Stalin abandon Lenin's principle of democratic centralism?
Because taking 5 years to democratically discuss the amount of borscht being distributed among the babushkas is not an effective method when the Nazi's were around.
someone should of send Stalin to the gulag
>>1801019
To be fair Lenin kept limiting the democratic part of democratic centralism. But yes stalin went all the way with it completely abandoning the principle.
Stalin cared about what worked, instead of fulfilling virtue fantasies.
>>1802700
This.
He actually made Russia into a powerhouse that could win wars.
He didn't. What's your point?