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Chapter 3: Stalins Victory, Weakness Of Opponents Flashcards

1
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When did Trotsky join the Bolsheviks party?

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August 1917

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What did Trotsky do in August 1917?

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Joined the Bolsheviks party

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What was the impact of Trotsky only joining the Bolsheviks party in August 1917?

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Questioned whether he was a true Bolsheviks

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What does Trotskyism?

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Mensheviks who were not true supporter of Lenin and Bolsheviks

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What was the word used to describe Mensheviks who were not true supporter of Lenin and Bolsheviks?

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Trotskyism

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What was the impact of Trotsky being the head of the Red army?

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He was not able to gain a power base in the party

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What was formed in 1926?

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Zinoviev and Kamenev allied with Trotsky to form the ‘united opposition’

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When did Zinoviev and Kamenev ally with Trotsky to form the ‘united opposition’?

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1926

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Who was in the ‘United Opposition’, that was formed in 1926?

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Zinoviev
Kamenev
Trotsky

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What did the ‘united opposition’ formed in 1926 by Zinoviev, Kamenev and Trotsky do?

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Appeal to party masses against Stalin

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What was the result of the ‘United opposition’?

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Accused of factionalism and therefore they were banned from the Communist party in late 1927

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12
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How did Trotsky view the new economic policy?

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Openly challenged as it marked a retreat from communism

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13
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What did Trotsky lead in 1923?

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Party members to criticise the Gosplan for putting the interests of Newman above those of the revolution

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When did Trotsky lead Party members to criticise the Gosplan for putting the interests of Newman above those of the revolution?

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1923

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Who led Party members to criticise the Gosplan for putting the interests of Newman above those of the revolution in 1923?

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Trotsky

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How did Stalin manipulate Trotsky’s opposition to the New economic policy?

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Undermine him as he showed Trotsky as going against Lenin and therefore he was anti-Marxist

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When was the lessons of October published?

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October 1924

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18
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What was published in October 1924?

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Lessons of October

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What did Trotsky do in the Lessons of October, published in October 1924?

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Trotsky attacked Zionoviev and Kamenev because they coined the term ‘Trotskyites’

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When had Trotsky attacked Zionoviev and Kamenev because they coined the term ‘Trotskyites’?

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Lessons of October, published in October 1924

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Why did Trotsky attack Kamenev and Zinoviev in the Lessons of October, published in October 1924?

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Because they coined the term ‘Trotskyites’

22
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What did Stalin do during the lessons of October (October 1924) dispute?

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Remained neutral whilst the 3 argued publicly, which discredited them and therefore appeared as the peacemaker

23
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How did Trotsky want to stimulate grain production?

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Forcing the peasants to produce more

24
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How did the right want to produce more grain?

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Persuade peasants to produce more

25
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What was the impact of the conflicting right and left concerning industrialisation?

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Constant disagreements and effectively split the party and this is unattractive so they would seek someone who was not involved in the conflict

26
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What insult did Trotsky use towards Kamenev and Zinoviev?

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‘October deserters’

27
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Who did Trotsky call ‘October deserters’?

A

Kamenev and Zinoviev

28
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What was the impact of Trotsky calling Kamenev and Zinoviev ‘October deserters’?

A

Kamenev and Zinoviev attacked his Mensheviks past and divergence from Leninism and therefore he lost a lot of support

29
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Who coined the term ‘Trotskyism’ in 1924?

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Zinoviev

30
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When had Zinoviev coined the term ‘Trotskyism’?

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1924

31
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What term had Zinoviev coined in 1924, that was an insult to Trotsky?

A

‘Trotskyism’

32
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What was the impact of Zinoviev and Kamenev attacking Trotsky (due to his role in October 1917) and Zinoviev coining the term ‘Trotskyism’ in 1924?

A

Lessons of October (1924): Trotsky attacked them

33
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What did Trotsky want to abandon?

A

NEP

33
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What did Trotsky want to replace NEP with?

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Rapid industrialisation and the ‘dictatorship of industry’

33
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What was the impact of Trotsky want toe remove NEP and implement rapid industrialisation and the ‘dictatorship of industry’?

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This would mean implementing high taxes on the peasantry to fund rapid industrialisation

33
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When was the declaration of the 46?

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October 1923

34
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What happened in October 1923?

A

Declaration of the 46

35
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What did Trotsky and other leaders of the left wing call for in the October 1923 Declaration of the 46?

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Ordinary party members had lost their power due to bureaucratic apparatus and those who disagreed with policy were afraid to speak out. Trotsky called for more openness and democracy.

36
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When did Trotsky and other leaders of the left wing call for ordinary party members had lost their power due to bureaucratic apparatus and those who disagreed with policy were afraid to speak out? Trotsky called for more openness and democracy.

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October 1923 Declaration of the 46

37
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Who claimed that ordinary party members had lost their power due to bureaucratic apparatus and those who disagreed with policy were afraid to speak out and therefore asked for more openness and democracy in the October 1923 Declaration of the 46?

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Trotsky and other leaders of the left wing

38
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What was the impact of Trotsky criticising the bureaucratic process and calling for more openness and democracy in the October 1923, declaration of 46?

A

Popular for the left wing

Threatening the Communists with good jobs and powerful positions in the party, many of whom were appointed by Stalin

39
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What did Trotsky stay out of?

A

‘The drudgery of politics’

40
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who refused to get involved in the ‘The drudgery of politics’?

A

Trotsky

41
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What did Trotsky support in 1921?

A

Ban on factions

42
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When did Trotsky support the ban on factions?

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1921

46
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Why, in the 13th party congress (May 1924), did Trotsky not seek support after loosing to Stalins ‘well trained delegates’?

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Didn’t want to cause splits in the party

47
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What happened to Trotsky in January 1925?

A

He was no longer War Commissar

48
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When was Trotsky replaced as War Commissar?

A

January 1925

49
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How long did Bukharin say that industralisation at a snails pace would take?

A

20 years

50
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Who said industralisation would take 20 years

A

Bukharin (right wing)

51
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Where was Trotsky when Lenin died?

A

Ill, convalescing in Southern Russia.

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