How was the NEP a radical change from Marxist theory?
It allowed private enterprise
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Who were the 'left' who wanted to abandon the NEP?
Trotsky, Zinoviev and Kamenev
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Who were the 'right' who believed NEP should continue?
Rykov, Tomsky and Bukharin
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How did Stalin's view on NEP fluctate?
Was left leaning against NEP until 1925 then supported until 1928 and then switched back in 1929 towards the Great Turn, which involved abandonment of NEP
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How did the Russo Polish war impede on worldwide revolution?
It blocked the revolutionary way to the West
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How did 'Socialism in One Country' appeal to the Bolshevik party?
It was a good compromise with the realities of international approach and aimed to create a 'workers paradise'
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Who was against 'Socialism in One Country', why?
Trotsky, he believed in 'permanent revolution' and that maximum support should be given to the Comintern until socialism was achieved everywhere.
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What role did Stalin play at Lenin's funeral?
He made funeral a state occasion to promote Leninism, insisted his body was embalmed publicly, told Trotsky the wrong date so it looked bad that Trotsky did not come to the funeral. It had been said Stalin was making Leninism into a religion, with loyal c
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Who were some of Stalin's loyal supporters?
Sergei Kirov, Lazar Kaganovich-first secretary of the Party in Ukraine and Kliment Voroshilov
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What happened to Trotsky in January 1925 at the Central Committee?
He was forced out of his post as People's Commissar for War
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Describe the attack that Kamenev and Zinoviev launched on Stalin
They were painted as factionalists endangering the security of the USSR
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What was the name of the partnership between Stalin and Bukharin in 1926-7?
'Duumvirate'
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What was the Literacy Discussion?
War of words between contenders, all were in competitions
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What book did Stalin write that helped him win the Literacy Discussion?
'On questions of Leninism'
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Give 2 ways in which Stalin struggled in leadership between 1926 and 1927
-Continuous criticism led him to resign as general secretary in 1926
-Blamed for crushing of Chinese Communists
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Who was expelled from Central Committee in 1927?
Trotsky, Zinoviev and Kamenev
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How did Bukharin's leadership battle struggle in relation to industrialisation in 1928?
He wanted to slow industrialisation whereas Stalin wanted to speed it up, Stalin's idea was more popular
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How did Stalin's ideologies become increasingly popular, assisting him in the power struggle?
Was formerly in the 'golden middle', reverted to radical policies e.g. being against kulaks, rapid industrialisation and support for the Comintern
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Give 2 ways in which Bukharin was deprived of several government posts
Excluded from editorship of Pravda
1929 expelled from Politburo
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When was the 'Stop Trotsky' phase?
1922-1924
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When was the 'Defeat of the Left', how did this help Stalin win the power struggle?
Held more rightist views during this period, made him increasingly popular
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Who were the 'left' who wanted to abandon the NEP?
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Trotsky, Zinoviev and Kamenev
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How did Stalin's view on NEP fluctate?
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How did the Russo Polish war impede on worldwide revolution?
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