government, propaganda and foreign relations

what were features of stalins style of government?

-Bureaucratic central control

-factionalism a crime under the 1921 ban

-huge number of loyal supporters of Stalin in lower levels of party leadership

-Cheka renamed the OGPU in 1926 and held a greater role under stalin.

how did stain use propoganda to build a stalinist cult?

new initiatives such as the 1928 First 5 Year Plan were sold as inspiration from the all knowing greater leader Stalin, presented alongside marx and Lenin.

-Slogans such as “stalin is the lenin of today” were used

what was the situation in china?

-what was stalins stance? who did he back and why?

The Chinese Communist Party, formed in 1921 hoped to carry out a communist revolution with support of Stalin and the comintern.

-Stalin however backed Jiang Jieshi, leader of the GMD nationalist movement. Stalin believed the GMD would bring more stability to key areas on Russia’s eastern borders.

Stalin was also suspicious of the alternative interpretation of marxist ideology by the CCP.

-what were some conflicts between the gmd and the ccp?

March 1926, GMD massacres striking workers in Canton and established military dicatorship

-April 1927, GMD supresses a communist revolt in Shanghai, killing thousands of workers

1927 GMD massacres 30,000 striking workers in Wuhan

-what was stalins response to the atroctities the gmd committed?

-why was it controversial?

Stalin cared more for the stability of Russia than the macking of communism.

Jiang Jieshi received financial and military backing

-Stalin pressured the Politburo into accepting the GMD as a member of the comintern

-links between the CCP and USSR become weaker.

what were the terms of hte treaty of berlin?

1926 Treaty of Berlin

-Article 1 restated the importance of the 1922 rappolo treaty

Article 2 agreed mutual neutrality in the event of conflict

article 3 agreed to not engage in economic boycotts of eachother

what events happened after the treaty of berlin?

in june 1926 The USSR received large financial credits from German banks

-Stresseman however died in 1926, which coincided with the start of the world economic crisis.

when did stalin switch his stance of hte commintern? what was the new stance?

-as a result, how did the comintern change?

at the 6th comintern congress in July 1928, Stalin put forward his view that capitalism was now at a point of crisis, and that the time was right for an all out attack on European Capitlism

-Soviet control of the comintern grew stronger, as stalin appointed loyalists to run it.

-Soviet agents were sent abroad to infiltrate foreign communist parties and report back to moscow.