4) The Defeat Of The Right

Question 1

What did stalin’s commitment to the NEP depend on?

Answer 1

It depended on the NEP’s success. When the NEP started to fail, he pragmatically turned to the left.

Question 2

How did Stalin break with the NEP?

Answer 2

• Early 1928, Stalin started advocating rapid industrialisation.
• The ‘war scare’ in 1928 made a more vigorous policy for rapid industrialisation look more attractive.

Question 3

What other reason did Stalin have for the break with the NEP?

Answer 3

It was a tactile move because the left had no leader (after the defeat of Trotsky) and so by positioning himself on the left he was assured of support.

Question 4

What was two tactile manoeuvres Stalin employed?

Answer 4

• Stalin knew when to retreat. Feb 1928 he began his campain against Bukharin but encountered resistance and immediately backed down.
• Stalin was excellent at manipulating the party. He circulated rumours that he was going to form an alliance with Zinoviev and Kamenev. When Bukharin arranged a secret meeting with them, Stalin used it as evidence of Bukharin’s factionalism.

Question 5

When was the final defeat of the right?

Answer 5

April 1929, central committee. The right’s resolutions were defeated and Bukharin was removed.

Question 6

When was the break with the NEP?

Answer 6

1928