power vacuum

Question 1

Beginning of power vacuum

Answer 1

-Lenin dies 1924
-no method for electing new leader due to collective leadership
-1922-23 triumvirtae zinoviev kamenev stalin emerged to stop trotskys ambitions
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Question 2

Lenins testament

Answer 2

• political will
• sets out view of future dangers
• assesment of innear circle and colleagues

Question 3

what made someone best suited

Answer 3

popular
support of party and people
resilient to criticism
teleologically strong
loyal
driven
marxist
role in previous revolutions

Question 4

Stalin

Answer 4

• at lenins death had strong position within party, general secretary
• violent,allied with bukharin,hard woker, rude to many
• triumvirtae
• only played a minor role in 1917

Question 5

Trotsky

Answer 5

• great organiser, october rev 1917
• lead red army in civiil war 1921
• old menshevik
• no base of support within society

Question 6

kamenev

Answer 6

• strong power base in Moscow
• close to Lenin
• old bolshevik
• switching alliances often
• too close to zinoviev, thought he could not rule on his own

Question 7

zinoviev

Answer 7

• lenin called him “closest and most trusted assistant”
• old bolshevik since start
• ex social democrat
• against october rev

Question 8

bukharin

Answer 8

• friendly with right and left of party
• expert on economy and agriculture
• no power base, people pleaser
• helped lenin with NEP

Question 9

Rykov

Answer 9

• well respected old bolshevik
• extensive support from sovnarkum
• tax on vodka was unpopular
• argued against lenin’s revolution tactics

Question 10

Tomsky

Answer 10

• respected as working class bolshevik
• allied with bukharin and rhykov
• intense hostility with trotsky
• 1927 economic crisis used against them

Question 11

how stalin won power struggle 1

Answer 11

1-stalin made speech at lenin funeral, trotksy did not attend
2-kamenev and zinoviev frustrated at how they cannot control Stalin
3-stalin stayed in golden middle throughout nep discussions

Question 12

How stalin won power vaccum 2

Answer 12

1-Zinoviev suggested Trotksy should be expelled in 1925, stalin rejects for image
2-kamenev and zinoviev launched a direct attack on stalin
3-zinoviev and kamenev accused of factionalism then join trotksy to form united opposition against stalin

Question 13

how stalin won power vaccum 3

Answer 13

1-1926-27 duumvirtae, effectively running the country
2-party on side of duumvirtae and agreed to expel zinoviev kamenev and trotsky from cc in oct 1927, in november zinoviev and trosky expelled
3-moved away from NEP, stalin proposed stern measures on the peasants, bukharin protested but party backed stalin