The Rise Of Stalin Flashcards
What were Trotsky’s strengths? (4)
Determined intellectual
Organised the rev
Wanted a permanent rev
No more NEP
What were the Trotsky’s weaknesses? (6)
A Jew
Previous Menshevik
No charisma
No power base
The Triumvirate was against him
Criticised Lenin’s NEP
What were Kamanev’s strengths? (1)
He worked with Lenin when he was in exile
Who was Kamanev?
Chair of Bolshevik’s Executive Committee
What were Kamanev’s weaknesses? (6)
A Jew
A previous Menshevik
Low intellect
Voted against rev
Criticised Lenin’s April Theses
Criticised Lenin’s NEP
What were Zinoviev’s strengths? (3)
Close w/ Lenin in exile
Passionate orator
No more NEP
What were Zinoviev’s weaknesses? (2)
Voted against rev
Attacked Lenin’s NEP
Who was Zinoviev?
Chair of Communist International
Who was Bukharin? (2)
Head of Com-intern and Editor of Pravda
What were Bukharin’s strengths? (4)
Joined Bolsheviks as a teen
Significant in rev
Controlled the press
Supported Lenin’s NEP
What were Bukharin’s weaknesses? (3)
Young and inexperienced
Opposed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Suspected Marxist
Who was Stalin in 1917 and in 1922?
Commissar for Nationalities and then General Secretary
What were Stalin’s strengths? (4)
Analytical
Manipulative
Supported socialism in one country
No preference on NEP debate
What were Stalin’s weaknesses? (7)
Insignificant to rev
Georgian
Didn’t spend time w/ important issues
Aggressive
Lenin did not trust him
Not academically talented
Had a dubious past in school (bunking)
Across which years did the Power Struggle last?
1924 - 1929
Luckily for Stalin, what was not released by leading communists that would’ve shown his true colours?
The Last Testament
What did Stalin trick Trotsky with?
He said Lenin’s funeral was on a different day
What did Stalin form and with who to pressure Trotsky and others?
The Triumvirate
How did it help that Stalin was General Secretary?
He could fire anyone.
In what year did Stalin fire Trotsky as no longer Commissar for War?
1924
Who did Stalin ditch and join and in what year did this happen?
In 1927, he ditched the Triumvirate by firing Zinoviev and Kamanev from the Politburo and joined Bukharin
In what year were Trotsky, Zinoviev and Kamanev expelled from the Party?
1927
Finally, who did Stalin turn on and what stance did he go on to take w/ NEP?
Bukharin and attacked Lenin’s NEP
What year did Stalin emerge as the leader of the USSR
1929
