LENINS SUCCESSOR

Question 1

from 1917 until 1921

Answer 1

Trotsky was lenins second - in command

Question 2

1922

Answer 2

stalin became general secretary

Question 3

who was opposed to the new economic plan?

Answer 3

Trotsky and the left

Question 4

was stalin ever apart of an opposition group?

Answer 4

no

Question 5

how did many people describe stalin?

Answer 5

1-dull
2-uninspiring
3- astute
4-cunning

Question 6

how did stalin view socialism?

Answer 6

‘socialism in one country’
thought that there should be the start of a revolutionary at home

Question 7

Lenin’s statement against stalin -

Answer 7

‘stalin is too rude and this fault…becomes unacceptable in the office of general secretary’

Question 8

21 jan 1924

Answer 8

lenin dies

Question 9

28th jan 1924

Answer 9

stalin adresses a memorial meeting

Question 10

did Lenin see stalin as his heir?

Answer 10

he thought stalin had become too powerful and he wrote a letter to party congress that showed this. stalin then fell out of favour with Lenin as he used abusive language to lenins wife.

Question 11

1925

Answer 11

(jan) Trotsky lost his position as commissar for military affairs and (dec) lost his politburo seat

Question 12

jan 1926

Answer 12

zinoviev sacked

Question 13

1926

Answer 13

kamenev lost his politburo seat

Question 14

oct 1926

Answer 14

kamenev removed from comintern

Question 15

1921

Answer 15

factionalism banned

Question 16

where was Trotsky deported to?

Answer 16

turkey

Question 17

where did Trotsky moved to in 1933?

Answer 17

france and then to Norway

Question 18

where did trotsky move to in 1937?

Answer 18

Mexico

Question 19

when did Trotsky die and how?

Answer 19

august 1940 - hit man with an ice pick

Question 20

Trotsky advantages

Answer 20

• lenins intellectual equal
• popular with younger audience
• planned the oct revolution
• loyal

Question 21

Trotsky disadvantages

Answer 21

• arrogant
• dismissive amongst other bolshevik leaders
• deemed as an ‘outsider’
• others questioned his loyalty

Question 22

bukharin advantages

Answer 22

• close to Lenin
  -important theorist
• very popular
• viewed as ‘golden boy’

Question 23

bukharin disadvantages

Answer 23

• never an official member of the politburo
• criticised Lenin and Trotsky on trade union debates
• lacked political skills and the cunningness of stalin

Question 24

rykov advantages

Answer 24

• peasant background
• chairman

Question 25

rykov disadvantages

Answer 25

- drinker - not endearing to his colleagues

Question 26

tomsky advantages

Answer 26

-important figure in the trade union -chairman of central council of trade unions

Question 27

tomsky disadvantages

Answer 27

- opposed Lenin in his trade union debate

Question 28

what was the 13th party conference?

Answer 28

marked the beginning of the Stalinist era, and the factionalism that emerged set the stage for the next five years, during which further struggles would emerge between factions over Soviet and international policy.

Question 29

why was the 13th party conference beneficial for stalin?

Answer 29

it salvaged Stalin's image

Question 30

how was stalin viewed as a politician?

Answer 30

in the 'grey blur'

Question 31

what was the ultimate cause of Trotsky's downfall?

Answer 31

his absence at lenins funeral

Question 32

what was the bolshevik party membership in 1917?

Answer 32

10,000