Personalities and contenders

Question 1

Zinoviev

Answer 1

1928 expelled from the party 1936 executed after a show trial

Question 2

Kamenev

Answer 2

expelled from the party 1928 executed after a show trial in 1936

Question 3

Tomsky

Answer 3

1934 killed himself in order to avoid a trial and execution

Question 4

Rykov

Answer 4

expelled from politoburo in 1930 executed after a show trial in 1938

Question 5

Bukharin

Answer 5

1929 expelled from politburo 1938 executed after a show trial

Question 6

Trotsky

Answer 6

expelled in 1927 murdered by one of Stalin’s agents in 1940

Question 7

what was Stalin’s character?

Answer 7

he held a strong position in the party, as a member of the Triumvirate that dominated the central committee

Question 8

what was Trotsky’s character ?

Answer 8

he was widely regarded as the most important in the party in 1924 he held power and prestige from the revolution and civil war

Question 9

what was Kamenev’s character ?

Answer 9

he was capable and intelligent he was a skilful politician and good at managing situations

Question 10

what is Zinoviev’s character?

Answer 10

he was intelligent and well-educated he had a reputation for being vain, unpredictable and prone to mood swings

Question 11

what is Bukharin’s character ?

Answer 11

he was associated with the right wing and was supported by Rykov and Tomsky he worked closely with Stalin and Tomsky

Question 12

what is Rykov’s character ?

Answer 12

moderate he was the chairman of the government and he wanted to play a unifying role

Question 13

what is Tomsky’s character?

Answer 13

he was the son of a factory worker and had a long association with trade unions reputation for plain-speaking political views were moderate

Question 14

why were personality factors important?

Answer 14

they were important because they contributed towards Stalin’s eventual success

Question 15

what was Stalin’s personality factor ?

Answer 15

he was a simple character who had an administrative tasks this led to him being referred to as the “grey blur”

Question 16

what was a consequence of this ?

Answer 16

this led to Stalin being underestimated and so he could manipulate other contenders without notice

Question 17

why were the contenders significant ?

Answer 17

the personalities of other contenders were also to prove significant as Stalin was able to play on their weakness and defeat them

Question 18

how did Stalin remove Trotsky from the party ?

Answer 18

Trotsky was arrogant and popular and jewish and all of these are factors that Stalin manipulated to have him removed from the party

Question 19

communist leaders

Answer 19

all of the other communist leaders were indecisive and weak compared to Stalin, who was motivated and ruthless

Question 20

Stalin and Bukharin

Answer 20

Bukharin was much less able tactician he was constantly wrong footed by Stalin’s deviousness

Question 21

marxist

Answer 21

leninist ideology power is meant to be shared

Question 22

who tried to defeat the left ?

Answer 22

Bukharin Rykov Tomsky

Question 23

what was Stalin’s job ?

Answer 23

he was general secretary of russia

Question 24

what was the commissar of nationalities ?

Answer 24

overseeing the affairs of all non-russians within the ussr

Question 25

what was the party membership by january 1926 ?

Answer 25

over one million