leadership contest after lenin

Issues in leadership contest

• nature of leadership

• Nep

• Permanent revolution vs socialism in one country

• Self determination for national minorities

Why did everyone want to industrialise

To create a large class of proletariat to build up socialism

What discussion dominated party conferences mid 1920s

Industrialising

By when was nep still delivering economic recovery

1924

What encouraged them to industrialise faster

1928 threat of war

Who was on the left wing of the party and what did they want to do surrounding nep

Trotsky, Zinoviev and kamenev wanted to end nep for rapid industrialisation to get more grain from peasants

Who was on the rights wing and what did they think about nep

Bukharin, rykov and tomsky, wanted nep to encourage peasants to become richer so theyd buy more consumer goods

Where was stalin on the industrialisation debate

The middle

What did trotsky say about the bureaucracy and when

1923, mindless carrying out of duties from superiors

What did all of stalins opponents think about stalins attitude to party

Party had been bureaucratisised and stalin killed internal party democracy

How did the secretariat appoint local party secretaries

Locality not merit

Trotskys view on permanent rev vs socialism in one country

As it followed bolshveik orthodoxy

Why did some believe that permanent rev was needed

• russian w/c too weak

• Under developed economy

• \should help west first

Who belived in socialism in one country

Stalin

Why did stalin think they should go for permanent revolution

• nationalist and patriotic appeal

• Allowed stalin to attack trotsky for a lack of faith in russian people

What did r. V. Daniels say about stalin

He had a circular flow of power

Who was editer of pravda

Stalin

Why and where was stalin removed from his military post

Tsaritsyn, conflict with trotsky removed for disobediance

Where was stalin born

Georgia

Whats stalins background

Genuine working class / peasant

What was stalin put in chrage of in may 1919

The orgburo

Whaty was stlin the only person to do

Be a member of all 3 of the partys leading executive bodies

What was trotsky good at

Intellect, marxist theory, orating

Who was trotsky popular with

The younger more radical elemenst of the party

Examples of trotskys military expertise

• planned oct rev

• Orgnaised red army

• Commissar of war

What flaws did trotsky have

• arrogance

• Dismissive of other ministers

How did trotsky get on with other bols

Complete breakdown in reations between him and most of politburo and central committee in late 1923

What didnt trotsky like doing

Business, deals

Strengths of rykov

• peasant background

• Chaired vesenkha And sovnarkom

Weaknesses of rykov

• reputation of a drinker

• Not populaf with colleagues

Strengths of kamenev

• active bol

• Literacy fluency and personal charm

• Ran pravda with stalin

Limitations of kamenev

• opposed lenins april thesis

• Wanted to reduce cheka violence

• Not a natural leader

Strengths of zinoviev

• very close with lenin pre-rev

• Good orator

• Helped cult of lenin

Limitations of zinoviev

• disliked

• Opposed oct rev

• Fell out with lenin

Strengths of bukharin

• editor of pravda

• Strong orator

Weaknesses of bukharin

• argued with lenin the most

• Not fully marxist

• Right of party

• Poor organiser