Chapter 2: Bukharin Flashcards
What generation was Bukharin?
Younger generation
How much younger was Bukharin compared to Stalin?
A decade younger
Who was 10 years senior than Bukharin?
Stalin
When did Bukharin join the Bolsheviks?
1906
What did Bukharin join in 1906?
Bolsheviks party
What did Bukharin organise in 1906?
Strike in a boot factory
When did Bukharin organise a strike in a boot factory?
1906
What happened in 1912?
Bukharin was arrested
When was Bukharin arrested?
1912
What was the impact of Bukharin being arrested in 1912?
Escaped to Germany and in his travels abroad, he met Stalin
What did Bukharin write to Lenin?
‘I have the greatest respect for you and look on you as my revolutionary teacher and I love you’
Who did Bukharin say this to in a letter ‘I have the greatest respect for you and look on you as my revolutionary teacher and I love you’?
Lenin
When was Bukharin a major figure in the Bolsheviks party?
Before 1917
When did Bukharin take a leading role in Pravda?
November 1918
What role did Bukharin acquire in November 1918?
Leading role in Pravda
What was the impact of Bukharin in the leading role at Pravda?
Showed great zeal
What opposition did Bukharin lead after WWI?
Left-wing opposition to the signing of the Treaty off Brest-Litovsk
What did Bukharin do between 1920-21?
Criticised Lenin and Trotsky in the trade union controversy
Betweeen what years did Bukharin criticise Lenin and Trotsky in the trade union controversy?
1920-21
In what controversy did Bukharin criticise Lenin and Trotsky between 1920-21?
Trade union controversy
What did Bukharin do during the 1920-21 trade union controversy?
criticise Lenin and Trotsky
What policy did Bukharin support?
The economic policy
What did a foreign ambassador say about Bukharin in 1921?
Claimed that he was Lenin’s successor and he had a ‘reputation for honesty, fairness and ncorruptibility ’
Who claimed that Bukharin was Lenin’s successor and he had a ‘reputation for honesty, fairness and ncorruptibility ’ in 1921?
Foreign minister
In what year did the foreign minister a ‘reputation for honesty, fairness and ncorruptibility ’?
1921
What did Bukharin become a member of in 1922?
Politburo
When did Bukharin join the Politburo?
1922
What was the nickname Lenin gave to Bukharin?
‘Golden boy’ of the communist party
Who called Bukharin the ‘Golden boy of the communist party’?
Lenin
Where was Bukharins political stance in the party?
Right-wing which made him seem radical
How did Lenin’s testament refer to the strengths of Bukharin character?
‘the biggest and most valuable theoretician in the party’
‘the favourite of the whole party’
‘his theoretical views can only with the greatest doubt be regarded as fully Marxist’
Who regarded Bukharin strengths as:
‘the biggest and most valuable theoretician in the party’
‘the favourite of the whole party’
‘his theoretical views can only with the greatest doubt be regarded as fully Marxist’
Lenin’s Testament
How did Lenin’s testament criticise Burkharin?
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What were Bukharins hobbies?
Loved poetry and novels
Liked enjoying himself
What was the impact of Bukharin liking poetry and novels?
These were very popular
What was the impact of Bukharin enjoying himself?
Made it hard for opponents to dislike him
What were the strengths of Bukharin?
Impressive and likeable Intellectual and theoretician Popular Expert on economics and agriculture Argued his points fiercely
What was the weakness of Bukharins?
No power base (Joined the Politburo in 1922)
Made tactical mistakes
What happened to Bukharin in November 1929?
He was expelled from the Politburo
When was Bukharin expelled from the Politburo?
November 1929
What happened in March 1938?
Bukharin was executed after show trials
When was Bukharin executed?
March 1938
Strengths of Bukharin
impressive and likeable brilliant intellectual and theoretician, popular, Lenin called him ‘the darling of the party’, open and cooperative, had friendly relations with all, expert on economics and agriculture
Weakness of Bukharin
naive, lacked capability for intrigue, had no power base, underestimated Stalin, made tactical mistakes, target for Stalin’s enmity
