Ideology: the great Industrialisation debate Flashcards
What was the left-wing view to carry out industrialisation?
- dictatorship of industry
- high taxes of peasants to fund industrialisation
- encourage peasants to join collective farms to increase agricultural productivity
- rapid state-funded industrialisation
What was the right-wing view to carry out industrialisation?
- the NEP
- low taxes for peasants to fund gradual industrialisation
- allow peasants to own their own farms and trade on free market to ensure popularity of regime
- slow state-funded industrialisation
Who initially support left and right wing views?
left wing: Trotsky
right wing: Bukharin, stalin, Zinoviev, Kamenev
What was the NEP?
New Economic Policy
What was the New Economic Policy?
a semi-capitalist economic policy introduce by Lenin in 1921 to help revive Russia’ economy after a famine
Why were communists unwilling to increase peasant taxes in the early 20’s?
- feared backlash against government
- NEP creating economic growth, increasing production of consumer goods
Why did support for NEP decrease in 1927?
growth figures much lower than expected
Why did Trotsky and Zinoviev and Kamenev lose support due to their position on Industrialisation?
- Trotsky: left wing - against NEP - NEP was working - looked stupid
- Z and K: abandoned NEP: left wing: NEP carried on working: lost support
Why did Bukharin lose support after 1927?
kept supporting NEP after it started failing - lost credibility
Why did Stalin gain support due to his position on Industrialisation?
- only abandoned NEP after it was clear it was failing
- move from right tot left increased his popularity
