Power Struggle Flashcards
Who is on the Right side of the Party?
Rykov, Tomsky and Bukharin.
What position of power did Bukharin hold?
Editor of Pravada.
What position of power did Kaminev have?
Head of the communist party in Moscow.
What position of power did Zinoviev have?
Head of communist party in Leningrad.
What position of power did Trotsky have?
He was in charge of the Red Army.
What did the Left of the party want to do to the NEP? And what was Trotsky’s policy?
End NEP (rapid industrialisation and grain requisitioning) Permanent Revolution (money and effort into working class in OTHER countries to stage revolution.
What did the Right of the party want to do with the NEP and what was Stalin’s policy?
Keep the NEP (moderate methods and encourage peasants to be richer)
Socialism in One Country (build a socialist state WITHOUT foreign help.)
When did Stalin come into Power?
December 1929.
When was the grain crisis?
1927-28
When does the NEP end and Industrialisation begin?
1929-1930
When does Stalin become General Secretary?
1922.
When are K and Z removed from the Politburo?
- They were removed from the party the following year.
When does the NEP begin?
1921.
When is Bukharin removed from the party?
1929-1930.
Why did Stalin win the Power Struggle?
Control of Admin Mistakes of the Left Mistakes of the Right Mistakes of Trotsky Popular policies Stalin's personality.
What were Stalins roles in the party?
Commissar for Nationalities (controls parts of USSR that aren’t Russia) 1917
Head of the Orgburo (1919)
General Sec (1922)
Mistakes of the Left involve:
Not publishing testament
Underestimated Stalin
Made Stalin look like peacemaker
K & Z thought their positions were more powerful
K & Z agree to let more Stalinists into the party
Mistakes of Trotsky include:
Underestimating Stalin Didn't oppose decision to keep testament secret Didn't attend Lenin's funeral Permanent Revolution was unpopular Attacks party bureaucracy in 1924 Joined the party late Has no power base like K & Z He has large army. People are afraid he will become a dictator
Mistakes of the Right include:
Rykov and Tomsky had unimportant roles
The NEP was hated by most communists
Bukharin had little support (inexperienced and young)
Stalin’s personality can be described as:
Totalitarian
Paranoid
Grey Blur
He also stole the Left’s policies and used them to defeat the Right.
Popular policies include:
Socialism in One Country (patriotic)
NEP went well until 1926
Industrialisation
Permanent Revolution was unpopular
Who is on the Left side of the party?
Trotsky, Zinoviev and Kaminev.
