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1
Q

When was the Thirteenth Party Congress?

A

May 1924

2
Q

Why did Trotsky hesitate to move against Stalin at the Thirteenth Party Congress in May 1924?

A

as he feared he would be blamed for causing a split in the Party

3
Q

Who protected Stalin against Lenin’s Testament?

A

Kamenev and Zinoviev

4
Q

Who were 4 of Stalin’s most loyal supporters

A
  • Molotov
  • Kaganovich
  • Kirov
  • Voroshilov
5
Q
How did Stalin keep his loyal supporters
-Molotov
-Kaganovich
-Kirov
-Voroshilov
loyal?
A

he placed them in key positions

6
Q

How were Voroshilov and Stalin allies?

A

They worked together as Political Commissars fighting in the civil war

7
Q

How was Molotov a good loyal supporter for Stalin to have?

A

He had been involved in the Bolshevik seizure of power in Petrograd 1917

8
Q

How was Kirov a good loyal supporter for Stalin to have?

A

He was involved in the revolutions of 1905 and 1917

9
Q

Why did tensions grow in the Triumvirate after the Thirteenth Party Congress in 1924?

A

as Kamenev and Zinoviev were fustrated by their failure to control Stalin

10
Q

What did many in the party disagree with Bukharin about?

A

his enthusiastic support for peasants “ enriching themselves”

11
Q

From what year was the balance of the party swinging further away from Trotsky?

A

by the beginning of 1925

12
Q

When an who forced Trotsky out of his post as People’s Commissar for War?

A

January 1925 by the Central Committee

13
Q

Who proposed that Trotsky should be expelled from the party to which Stalin disagreed in an attempt to remain a moderate ?

A

Zinoviev

14
Q

When did Kamenev and Zinoviev oppose Stalin in the Central Committee?

A

September 1925

15
Q

Why did Kamenev and Zinoviev find it hard to launch an attack on Stalin at the Fourteenth Party Congress of December 1925?

A

as they had been allied to him the previous year and frequently backed Stalin’s view of the dangers of ‘factionalism’

16
Q

What was the partnership between Stalin and Bukharin called?

A

the Duumvirate

17
Q

From what years did the Duumvirate virtually run the country?

A

1926-1927

18
Q

What did the left opposition become (The name of it )?

A

The United opposition

19
Q

What was the “Literary Discussion”?

A

writings by Trotsky, Stalin, Bukharin, Kamenev and Zinoviev

20
Q

Who’s writings were the most impressive of those produced in the literary discussion?

A

Trotsky’s

21
Q

Even if Trotsky had won the war of the words, why wouldn’t this have helped his position?

A

he still had a weak position in bureaucratic politics

22
Q

When did Stalin resign as General Secretary?

A

December 1926

23
Q

Why did Stalin resign as General Secretary in December 1926?

A

as he faced continuous criticism which frustrations led him to resign

24
Q

Why did Trotsky and The United Opposition increase the pressure on Stalin in summer of 1927?

A

as this was during the time when Stalin was being blamed for the crushing of the Chinese Communist Party (CPP) in Canton and Shanghai

25
Q

When did the Central Committee vote to expel Trotsky. Zinoviev and Kamenev from the Central Committee?

A

October 1927

26
Q

Who were expelled from the party altogether In November 1927 after being already expelled from the Central Committee in October 1917?

A

Trotsky and Zinoviev

27
Q

When were the expulsions of Trotsky and Zinoviev from the party confirmed after having been expelled in November 1927 and voted out of the Central Committee in October 1927?

A

December 1927

28
Q

Along with Trotsky and Zinoviev who else were officially expelled from the party in December 1927?

A

dozens of other “oppositionists”

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