The Power Struggle 1924-1929
The Power Struggle and what happened
I apologise for any spelling mistakes and if it's difficult to read but i tried to just keep to the key information
plus the 3 political spectrums are at the top too just in case, I found it useful anyway
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- Created by: Dracupine
- Created on: 20-03-13 09:54
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- Round 1: Stalin ahead on points
- Round 2: Stalindodges a mighty blow
- Round 3: Trotsky on the ropes
- Round 4: The left Fight
- Round 5: Knock out blow for the Left
- Round 6: Knock out blow for the Right
- 1929: Bukharin found himself out voted by Stalin's supporters, combined by supporters on the left who supported the anti-NEP.
- Stalin turned against NEP and attacked Bukharin on the right.
- 1928-1919
- Policy Socialism on pone country was highly popular.
- 1925: Stalin and Bikharin 'teamed up' against Zonoviev & Kamanev
- 1926: alliance of Kamenev, Zonoviev and Trotsky accused of fractionism as they appealed to other workers and tried to do a demonstrative strike.
- 1927: Zonoviev, Trotsky & Kamenev expelled from the party
- 1926: alliance of Kamenev, Zonoviev and Trotsky accused of fractionism as they appealed to other workers and tried to do a demonstrative strike.
- 1925-1927
- Round 6: Knock out blow for the Right
- Zinoviev & Kamanev moujht vicious campaign against Trotsky questioning his loyalty and raising opposition to Lenin in 1917. Trotsky retaiatd with October Revolution
- Stalin effecyively turned the Left Wing against ach other in order to illiminate his opposition.
- Stalin did not compete with this debate, instead strengethening his power base.
- Zinoviev and LKamenev allowed Stalin to bring more of his supportres into key positions as they still felt Trotsky was a threat.
- Round 5: Knock out blow for the Left
- Zinoviev, Kamenev & Stalin V.S. Trotsky
- Trotsky criricised the party for being Beurocraticand less Democratic
- Trotsky easily defeated in votes as the majority of the congress were Stalinist delegates (power of patronage)
- Trotsky could have appealed to supporters outside the party, but had voted for a ban on fractions and did not want to split the party.
- Round 4: The left Fight
- Lenin's testament was revealed to the Central Committee 1924, Zinoview and Kamenev urged that it was not publicaly publishe.
- Did not compliment Zinoviev or Kamenev due to the 1917 Revolution
- Negative about Stalin, if it had been published, it would have resulted in Dtalin's downfall politicaly, mistakingly thinking Stalin was no real threat.
- Trotsky was seen as a treat and becuase he did not oppose or want to get involved he did not take the upper hand advantage of Lenin's testament
- Round 3: Trotsky on the ropes
- Stalin tricked Trostcky into not going to Lenin's funeral by telling him the wrong date/time, damaging his reputation and political prestige.
- Stalin made an incredible speech at Lenin's funeral, depicting himself as carrying on Lenin's work and being his 'right hand man'
- 1924
- Round 2: Stalindodges a mighty blow
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