What Were The Changes In The Party By 1929

Question 1

What was the Ideological orthodoxy of the party?

Answer 1

Leninism

Party committed to SIOC, industrialisation & Collectivisation

Question 2

How did Authority at the top of the party change?

Answer 2

Under Lenin, many people had authority

Stalin destroyed his opponents authority by undermining them
—> Branded opponents of Leninism;
accused Bhukarin Zinoviev and
Kamenev of factionalism

Question 3

How did party membership change?

Answer 3

Lenin enrolment system
• 128,000 members joined

These new members were loyal to Stalin he could promote them
—> Members only introduced in own
careers