Lenin's Legacy Flashcards
Lenin’s testament was critical of all the leading party members, making comments on the strengths and weaknesses of the…
Main figures in the party
The Bolsheviks had to overcome many problems after they seized power in October 1917, such as:
1) SRs much bigger than Bolsheviks - most popular party among the PEASANTS
2) Most of the Bolsheviks’ support came from the proletariat, but in 1917 (industry=small&proletariat made up only a small% of pop.)
3) Bolsheviks’ DOMESTIC and FOREIGN ENEMIES tried to overthrow them in the Civil war
4) By 1922 renamed themselves the Communist Party
Lenin didn’t single out anyone as his…
Replacement
Lenin was worried that Stalin as General Secretary had…
Unlimited authority concentrated in his hands and doubted that he was capable of using that authority with sufficient caution
Lenin argued that Trotsky was the…
Most capable man amongst the main figures in the party, but he was too self-confident
Lenin highlighted Kamenev’s and Zinoviev’s failure to support …
The armed uprising in October 1917
Lenin praised Bukharin for his intellectual capability and noted his popularity in the party. But he added that Bukharin’s theoretical views weren’t truly Marxist and claimed this was a problem because it was believed that a correct understanding of Marxism was…
Essential to the success of the revolution
The communist party’s central committee voted that the testament shouldn’t be widely circulated and that Stalin should be…
Kept as general secretary of
The party
