Frankie: [v.o.] In the history of higher education, no student has ever looked forward to an 8:00 a.m.
lecture... unless they thought the professor giving it was dreamy.
Professor Grant: Now, of course, his goal was to transform the Soviet Union into an industrial superpower. Okay, Stalin is best in small doses, and some of you look like you want to crawl back into bed. So if there aren't any questions... [Sue raises her hand] Sue?
Sue: Uh, do you think Stalin's appointment as Secretary General allowed him to handpick his allies for government jobs? And if so, was it instrumental in him taking control of the Communist party?
Professor Grant: That is actually a great question. [all groan] Um, he did, indeed, take full control of the Communist party in 1924 after Lenin's death, and one of the reason...