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Stalin's Rise
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A-Levels History - Russia Mind Map on Stalin's Rise, created by Gemma Bradford on 11/05/2013.
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Stalin's Rise
Leadership Contest
Why
Lenin's death
Left a testament mentioning all potential successors
No final judgement
Trotsky
Agreed with Lenin on red army
Favoured by Lenin
1917 revolution figure
Support from younger members
Heroism and gave inspirational speeches
Disagreed with Lenin on ideology
Stalin
Poor relationship with Lenin
General secretary
Can expell members of party
Not seen as threat by other contenders
Bukharin
Admired Lenin
Responsible for pravada
Referred to as 'Golden boy' by Lenin
Kamenev
Played no part in civil war
Close friend to Lenin
Head of Moscow communist party
Little respect from members
Zinoviev
Coward from civil war
Close with Lenin
Least likely to be a successor
Opposed October revolution
Trotsky most likely successor
Opposed by many
Debates over speed of industrialisation and revolution
NEP debate
Left - end of NEP
Right -fear of breaking alliance with peasants
Communist party split into left and rights
Rise
Triumvirate with Zinoviev and Kamenev
Convinced central committee to keep Lenin's testament a secret
Saying it damaged NEP
Lenin's funeral
Stalin told Trotsky the incorrect date
Used Trotsky's absence against him
Zinoviev and Kamenev attacked Trotsky
Trotsky's book 'the foundations of Lenin'
Accused him of being disloyal
Stalin replaced Trotsky as Commisar in 1925
Zinoviev and Kamenev became suspicious of Trotsky
Stalin emphasised disagreements between Lenin and Zinoviev
Stalin removed Zinoviev and Kamenev as secretaries of local parties
Trotsky, Kamenev and Zinoviev formed united opposition
Stalin removed Zinoviev and Kamenev from congress party in 1926
Stalin removed Trotsky from congress party in 1927
Stalin and Bukharin formed Duumvirate
Trotsky exiled in 1929
Bukharin joined with Tomsky and Rykov
Stalin formed rumours of Bukharin, accusing of factionalism
Brought up Bukharin's disagreements with lenin
Bukharin lost presidency of Pravada and Tomsky sacked
Tomsky and Rykov removed from Politburo
Stalin was now dominant figure
Eliminated leaders on left and right
Stalin defeated leaders on right opposition, then on left
Stalin pretended to like NEP for alliance with Bukharin
Stalin really wanted socialism
Used role as general secretary to control congress members
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