11. The Death Of Lenin And The Power Struggle Which Followed Flashcards
While the NEP was being implemented, other changes in Russia. The capital was moved from ______ to more centrally located ____.
Petrograd
Moscow
What was Russia named in 1923?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Although the separate republics had limited powers, the central government controlled …..(5)
- foreign affairs
- national economy
- foreign trade
- army
- communications
Why were elections pointless?
The communist party was the only legal party.
The Bolsheviks had established a dictatorship as _____ as the tsarist government it had replaced.
Autocratic
What does Autocratic mean?
Like a dictatorship (absolute rule by one authority)
What did the communists establish to promote a world revolution?
The Comintern
What was the Comintern?
The communist international, an organization to support communist parties worldwide
Why did the government not support the Comintern?
Soviet Union needed a great deal of technology and loans from the capitalist West, in order to implement the NEP.
When did Lenin die? And what did he write about before he died?
1924, he wrote about his fears of a struggle for control of Yurav Party after his death.
What was Petrograd named after his death?
Leningrad
Who was the obvious successor to Lenin?
Trotsky , the leader of the October Revolution and the Red Army.
Why were some communist leaders fear Trotsky?
They feared he was too powerful and the he might use the red army to make himself a dictator. They also disliked his emphasis of a world revolution.
Who were the three candidates for head of the party after Trotsky’s rejection?
Kamenev (party secretary in Moscow),Zinoviev (Party Secretary in Leningrad and president of Comintern) and Stalin (General secretary of the party)
Stalin was considered by many to be a very average ______ but a hard worker and a loyal follower of the party’s ______.
Politician
Policies
The party leadership was divided about _____ and ______ policies. There was a debate between right and left wings.
Economic
Political
What did the left led by Kamenev,Zinokiev and Trotsky believe in?(2)
- World revolution. They argued that the USSR should encourage communist revolutions in other countries.
- They believe that the NEP as it went against communist principles
What did the right led by Bukharin the economist believe in?(3)
- the policy of world revolution would push the capitalist countries into attacking the Soviet Union.
- believed USSR needed time to consolidate the changes that had been introduced
- and too also abandon the NEP
Where did Stalin stand in this debate?
He sided with the right, supporting a policy of ‘socialism in one country’
Why did he side with the right?
He needed its support to defeat its main rivals
During this period, Stalin began to place _____ personally loyal to him in key positions in the Party and government.
Supporters
Why were Trotsky, Kemenev,Zinokiev expelled in 1927?
Accused of plotting to overthrow the government.
How did Trotsky die?
Forced into exile and killed by Stalin’s agents.
By attacking the policies of the right what did he force them to?
He forced them to give up their views by arguing that their policies would lead to a return to capitalism.
Stalin has cleverly used ______ in the Party to defeat all of his rivals for power. By 1928 he was clearly the only ____ of the USSR.
Divisions
Leader
Stalin was a political opportunist. What is this?
Someone who uses political circumstances for their own advantage rather than the common good.
