Personal Power Flashcards
1
Q
Lenin
A
Threatened to resign and they fall in line (Bresk Litovsk and NEP) BUT illness lol
NEP caused left and right factions and roasting debate
2
Q
Stalin
A
Personal limits
2nd 5YP targets lowered by politburo
Kirov may have rep a faction
Party members in charge of implementation
3
Q
Khrushchev
A
Central committee filled w allies
Made himself PM in 1958 in addition to Gen Sec
4
Q
Brezhnev
A
Loss of control
Trappings of power as substitute
Corruption
Investigated by KGB
