Mikoyan supported Stalin, whom he had first met in 1919, in the power struggle that followed Lenin's death in 1924; he had become a member of the Bolshevik Central Committee in 1923.
Mikojan støttede Stalin under den magtkamp, der fulgte efter Lenins død i 1924 - han var selv blevet medlem af den bolsjevikiske centralkomité i 1923.