Why was Stalin able to defeat his political rivals so easily in the years 1924-29?
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- Why was Stalin able to defeat his political rivals so easily in the years 1924- 29?
- Triumvirate against Trotsky.
- Formed in 1923
- Stalin allied with Kamenev and Zinoviev.
- Worked together to defeat Trotsky.
- Zinoviev convinced the party not to read out Lenin's testament.
- Testament suggested Stalin should be removed from the party.
- Stalin could control who could be in or out of the party.
- Testament suggested Stalin should be removed from the party.
- Promoted cult of Lenin.
- Claimed Trosky's disloyalty to Lenin who missed his funeral.
- Attacked Trotsky's late entry to the Bolshevik party.
- Claimed Trosky's disloyalty to Lenin who missed his funeral.
- The ban on fractions was used to silence the left opposition.
- Prevented criticism of leadership and party opposition.
- Trotsky was forced to reigns as war commissar which robbed him of support.
- He was the best politician.
- Was seriously underestimated by enemies.
- Outmanoeuvred his opponents by making and breaking alliances.
- Dropped an ally when their opponent was defeated.
- Appealed to left and right wings of the party.
- Duumvirate against the new opposition.
- Stalin allied with Bukharin.
- Zinoviev and Kamenev formed the new opposition.
- Argued for permanent revolution and an end to the NEP.
- Lost position as head of Leningrad and Moscow soviet.
- 1925
- Filled congress with his supporters to defeat the New opposition in a vote.
- Lost position as head of Leningrad and Moscow soviet.
- Duumvirate against the united opposition.
- 1927
- Zinoviev, Kamenev and Trotsky joined forces.
- Had same policies as before.
- Used ban on factions against United Opposition.
- Banned from speaking at Congress.
- Stalin had filled it with his supporters.
- Zinoviev and Kamenev had to make humiliating apologies to region the party.
- Trotsky refused to apologise and was expelled and sent into exile.
- Banned from speaking at Congress.
- Stalin against the right opposition.
- Bukharin replaced Zinoviev as Chairman of Comintern.
- The grain crisis was blamed on the NEP.
- Bukharin supported the NEP.
- Was stunned when Stalin suggested ending it immediately and starting the Five Year Plans.
- Bukharin wasn't as shrewd as Stalin so he was outmanoeuvred.
- Bukharin was removed from party leadership.
- Bukharin wasn't as shrewd as Stalin so he was outmanoeuvred.
- Was stunned when Stalin suggested ending it immediately and starting the Five Year Plans.
- Bukharin supported the NEP.
- 1927
- Stalin's policies were almost the same as Trotsky's.
- Appealed to left communists.
- Triumvirate against Trotsky.
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