stalin leadership

Question 1

when did the leadership following Lenin struggle begin?

Answer 1

1921
became clear by 1923 he would not be in gov.

Question 2

why was lenin’s death an issue

Answer 2

there was no clear successor left behind

Question 3

how long did the leadership struggle last?

Answer 3

1922-29

Question 4

how would one win leadership?

Answer 4

achieving a majority support from the party in the Politburo.

Question 5

what was the most powerful institution in gov?

Answer 5

politburo

Question 6

what is the issue with this system

Answer 6

non-democratic. no involvement of the people

Question 7

what were the 4 main areas in which stalin managed his dictatorship?

Answer 7

-complete economic control
-widespread political terror
-complete media control
-use of propaganda

Question 8

which year was stalin leader

Answer 8

1928- still paranoid

Question 9

how did he deal with his paranoia

Answer 9

-mass terror campaigns of arrest, torture and mass imprisonment
-10,000,000 people were killed by the Stalinist regime

Question 10

when did this terror happen?

Answer 10

1935-38 was the peak

Question 11

who carried out these policies?

Answer 11

the NKVD.
a secret policyu - second Cheka

Question 12

an example of the purges?

Answer 12

Sergeir Kirov -
1932 he defended Ryutin’s critical document of Stalin & also presented some challenges to leadership
achieved 200 more votes than stalin in a party congress
was shot on Dec 1st

Question 13

another example of purges plez.

Answer 13

show trials
3 public trials between 1936-38
previous rivals and supporters.
zinoviev &kamenev
bukharin
resulted in executions of roughly 57 communists/supporters