Ideological debates and issues in leadership struggle Flashcards
When did Lenin introduce the NEP?
1921
What did the left think about the NEP?
wanted to abandon it - state-controlled rapid industrialisation
‘squeesing’ the peasants
What did Stalin think about the NEP
Attitude was inconsistent,
opposed the left and supported NEP
‘Great turn - replacing NEP with indutrialisation and collectivisation
What did the Right think about the NEP?
believed it should continue, peasants becoming richer and state using taxes to fund industrialisation
What had all Marxism-Leninist theories assume it was impossible to do?
survive as a single communist country - capitalism would strangle it at birth
What did Bolsheviks think was essential for survival?
a chain reaction of other revolutions
Where in Europe had revolutions been crushed?
Germany and Hungary
Who believed in ‘Permanent revolution?’
Trotsky and the left
What was the theory behind Permanent Revolution?
Believed the USSR couldn’t survive on its own,
encouraged revolution in other countries
Lenin had made this arguement
Who believed in Socialism in One Country?
Stalin - developed the theory
referenced old Lenin article - show the world the positives behind socialism
What argument did Stalin use to expel Trotsky/
his permanent revolution argument - against Lenin and dismissing potential of USSR
When was Lenin’s funeral?
January 1924
Who was absent at Lenin’s funeral, who took advantage of this?
Trotsky - Stalin organised and styled himself as disciple of Lenin
When was Trotsky’s criticisms rejected at Party Congress
May 1924 - Stalin organised congress with own supporters - Trotsky voted down
Who did Trotsky criticise in October 1924?
Kamenev and Zinoviev - for not backing Lenin in 1917
