Joseph Stalin's Rise to Power<span>. In 1912, Lenin, then in exile in Switzerland, appointed </span>Joseph Stalin<span> to serve on the first Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party. Three years later, in November 1917, the Bolsheviks seized </span>power in Russia<span>. The Soviet Union was founded in 1922, with Lenin as its first leader.</span>
Mono means One so a monarchy is only one ruler, whereas an Oligarchy is multiple leaders
