1) The Georgian Affair was a political conflict in 1922-1923 between Russian and Georgian Bolshevik leaders over Georgia's status in the Soviet Union. Stalin wanted Georgia to be fully incorporated into the Transcaucasian SFSR, while Georgian leaders wanted more independence. 2) Lenin's last testament criticized Stalin and expressed favor for Bukharin. Historians see it as indicating who Lenin saw as his true political heir. Lenin hoped his heir would save the Soviet regime and return it to his humanitarian ideals. 3) While Lenin and Stalin shared some similar policies, the key difference was that Lenin was more flexible and humane, whereas Stalin implemented policies brutally according to his own timing and views. Lenin

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