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Was Stalin's elimination of his opponents in government and party the…
Was Stalin's elimination of his opponents in government and party the main reason for his power in the USSR in the years 1928-53?
It was
Purges of 1930s
Without the terror, the fear of Stalin would not have been a deterrent against challenging him
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Chistka, by 1935, 22% of party had been removed from their jobs
NKVD: Yagoda replaced by Yezhov 1936- purged 3000 of personnel. arrest 1939. Not under Politburo control, personal dictatorship
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It wasn't
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put rivals in parallel positions in Party and State- e.g- Zhdanov as investigator to Beria's police wing
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Support of the Nomenklatura, built up bureaucracy
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