Chapter 1 - Opposition - Individuals Flashcards
OPPOSITION (INDIVIDUALS): NICHOLAS II
OPPOSITION (INDIVIDUALS): NICHOLAS II
How did tsars react to opposition from within government?
They removed opponents and dissidents from their posts
What was Witte demoted to in 1903 after criticising Nicholas II’s expansionist foreign policy?
Chairman of ministers
OPPOSITION (INDIVIDUALS): LENIN
OPPOSITION (INDIVIDUALS): LENIN
What 3 prominent Bolsheviks called for a coalition to be formed with other socialist groups after the overthrow of the Provisional Government in 1917?
- Kamenev
- Zinoviev
- Rykov
What did the left wing side of the Bolsheviks oppose in 1918?
The signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litvosk
Who was the main opponent to the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litvosk?
Trotsky
Why did the NEP cause divisions in the Bolshevik party?
Right Bolsheviks favoured this temporary concession towards capitalism whilst left Bolsheviks saw it as a betrayal of revolutionary principles
OPPOSITION (INDIVIDUALS): STALIN
OPPOSITION (INDIVIDUALS): STALIN
What did Zinoviev, Kamenev and Stalin form within the Politburo to combat the influence of Trotsky and prevent him from succeeding Lenin?
A clique called the Triumvirate (Troika)
What did Lenin criticise Stalin for in his ‘Political Testament’ in December 1922?
How he ran the ‘Rabkrin’ and his role in the 1921 ‘Georgian affair’
What was Stalin appointed in April 1922?
General secretary
What did many Bolsheviks demands after Lenin’s death?
A more openly democratic form of government
What happened in 1925 when Zinoviev and Kamenev attacked Stalin over his foreign policy and plans for dealing with peasants?
They were removed as secretaries of their local party
What did Trotsky, Kamenev and Zinoviev form in response to Stalin gaining more power?
They formed the United Opposition group
