Stalin leads the USSR Flashcards
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What were the Pros of Stalin leading the USSR
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- Position as general secretary:power to appoint supporters to key party jobs
- Appearance of moderation: no extreme views, always respectful to rivals,kept private opinions to himself
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What were the cons of Stalin leading the USSR
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- Lenin’s testament criticised his rudeness and lust for power
- Seen as boring
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What were the Pros of Trotsky leading the USSR
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- Briliant speaker
- Lenin’s close comrade through the revolution and civil war
- His organisation and leadership key to the red victory in civil war
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What were the Cons of Trotsky leading the USSR
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- Arrogant and bossy
- Was a menshevik until 1917, unlike the rest
- Lack of supporters outside the military
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What were the Cons of Kamanev and Zinoviev leading the USSR
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- Only two guys that opposed the october revolution
- Their power was limited to Moscow and Petrograd
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What were the pros of Kanenev and Zinoviev leading the USSR
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- Worked closely with stalin to run the party and weaken trotsky
- Worked closely together
- Zinoviev was party boss of Petrograd
- Kamenev was party boss of Moscow
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What were the pros of Bukharin leading the USSR
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- Very popular within the party
- Excellent writer and theorist: editor of the Pravda
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What were the cons of Bukharin leading the USSR
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- Argued strongly against treaty of brest litovsk
- Main supporter of NEP, which many bolsheviks saw as capitalist
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What were the key steps to STalin being leader
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- Stalin made sure to take the lead role at Lenin’s funeral, which Trotsky was too ill to attend
- Stalin worked with K and Z (along with Bukharin)to undermine Trotsky
- When K and Z opposed Bukharin, stalin criticised them of trying to split the party
- Economic difficulties in 1927-28 put pressure on NEP, which Bukharin supported. Stalin switched to arguing for rapid industralisation and collectivisation.Stalin won rge Parties support and bukharin lost his influence
