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What were the strengths and weaknesses of the contenders to take over Lenin? Flashcards

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TROTSKY

What was Trotsky responsible for?

A

Consolidating communist rule

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TROTSKY

What did Trotsky do in the years 1918-21?

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Reconstructed the Red Army

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TROTSKY

What did Trotsky do during the 1917 takeover?

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Showed superb skills as well as being the mastermind behind it with Lenin

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TROTSKY

What did he clash with Lenin on?

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Ideology

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TROTSKY

Why did people think he was a troublemaker within the party?

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Caused factions

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TROTSKY

What may have held him back?

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Being Jewish

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STALIN

What was his position?

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General Secretary, good at gaining the loyalty of trusted subordinates

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STALIN

How was he perceived by his opponents?

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Underrated, ver good at concealing intentions

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STALIN

What did he do whilst Lenin was ill?

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Deliberately placed himself close to Lenin in order to understand his intentions

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STALIN

What was his character like?

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Crude and violent

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STALIN

What role did he play in the 1917 revolution?

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Minor role, overshadowed by stronger individuals eg: Trotsky, Bukharin

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STALIN

What did colleagues know about his attitude to Lenin?

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He had turned against him

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KAMENEV

What did Kamenev do in 1917?

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Reconciled with Lenin and remained close during his final years

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KAMEVEV

What gave Kamenev a strong power base?

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He was Moscow Party Boss

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KAMENEV

What did he have a reputation for?

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Being inconsistent and having opportunism by opposing Lenin in 1917 and then switching alliances between Stalin and Trotsky

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KAMENEV

What was he regarded as?

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Too soft and lacking the drive to be a sole leader

17
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ZINOVIEV

Why did he command respect from some of his colleagues?

A

He was an ‘old bolshevik’

18
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ZINOVIEV

What did Lenin regard him as before 1924?

A

He called him his ‘closest and most trusted assistant’

19
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ZINOVIEV

What was his role?

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Leningrad boss - strong political power base

20
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ZINOVIEV

What did he and Kamenev do?

A

Left it too late before switching their support to Trotsky

21
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ZINOVIEV

What was held against him?

A

His opposition to Lenin in 1917

22
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BUKHARIN

Who was he close to in the party?

A

Lenin and Trotsky

23
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BUKHARIN

What was he regarded as?

A

An expert on economics and agriculture at a time when debates about the peasantry were of major concern

24
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BUKHARIN

What was bad about being on good terms with everyone?

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He had no power base

25
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BUKHARIN

Why was he a target for Stalin?

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He was much more popular in the Party than Stalin

26
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BUKHARIN

Give an example of a tactical mistake he made?

A

Left it too late to make an alliance with Kamenev and Zinoviev

27
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RYKOV

Why was he widely respected ?

A

He was an ‘old bolshevik’

28
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RYKOV

What did he manage the switch between?

A

War Communism and NEP

29
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RYKOV

Who did he have extensive support from?

A

Sovnarkom

30
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RYKOV

Who was he overshadowed by?

A

Bukharin

31
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RYKOV

What aroused intense opposition from sections of the Party?

A

His policy of putting heavy taxes on vodka

32
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TOMSKY

Why was he respected?

A

‘Old Bolshevik’ and working class origins

33
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TOMSKY

What gave him a strong position within the Party?

A

Role as chief spokesman for trade unions

34
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TOMSKY

What were his roles before the power struggle?

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General Secretary of Red International of Trade Unions 1920

Elected into Central Committee and Politburo 1922

35
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TOMSKY

Why was he an obvious target to Stalin?

A

Trade union base

36
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TOMSKY

What was being used against him when the grain crisis of 1927 hit?

A

Support for NEP

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