Chapter ten - Ideological debates and issues in the leadership struggle Flashcards
What was Stalin’s position on NEP?
Left leaning position up to 1925, then support for continuation up to 1928, before switching in 1929 when surging with industrialisation and collectivisation.
What showed that permanent revolution was not working?
Revolutions in German, Hungary and elsewhere were crushed. Defeat of the Russo-Polish war blocked the revolutionary way to the west.
When did Stalin come up with socialism in one country?
1923
How did Stalin advance his position after Lenin’s death?
Stalin arranged the funeral, and he insisted that Lenin’s body was embalmed and placed in public view.
What was Trotsky’s mistake?
He didn’t move against Stalin in the Thirteenth Party Congress in May 1924
Who did Stalin ally with?
Molotov (the Assistant General Secretary)
Kaganovich (the first secretary of the Party in Ukraine)
Voroshilov (they had worked together as People’s Commissars)
Kirov (rising star in Leningrad party leadership)
What happened at the beginning of 1925?
CC in January - Trotsky lost his position as People’s Commissar for War. Stalin rejected Zinoviev’s proposal that Trotsky should be expelled from the Party
When did Zinoviev and Kamenev oppose Stalin?
CC in September 1925
When did Zinoviev and Kamenev launch a direct attack on Stalin?
Party Congress in September 1925
What did Stalin paint Zinoviev and Kamenev as?
Factionalists
What was Stalin and Bukharin’s duo called?
The Duumvirate, which was primarily running the country between 1926 and 27
What was the war of words called?
The literary discussion - flood of books and pamphlets
When did Stalin offer to resign as General Secretary?
December 1926
When were Trotsky, Kamenev and Zinoviev expelled from the CC?
October 1927
When were Trotsky and Zinoviev expelled from the party?
Fifteenth Party Congress in December 1927
