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the power struggle, summary of how stalin won: his control of the part…
the power struggle
leadership issue
stalin told trotsky the wrong day for lenin's funeral therefore his reputation was nearly fully damaged already
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first party congress in 1924 - troika (zinoviev, kamanev and stalin join to defeat trotsky)
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people feared trotsky as leader as he may cause divisions however trotsky never had any intentions of becoming a dictator
after civil war, thought that collective leadership would be more socialist
situation in 1924
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trotsky was the person who was thought to be lenin's successor however he was exiled and murdered on behalf of stalin
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after 1924
5 years after 1924 there was a power struggle. lenin had not left clear instructions. the struggle was much about keeping some people out of power.
trotsky, zinovuieve and karmanev wanted permanent revolution to spread communism.
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rykov, tomsky and bukharin were in favour to keep NEP (capitalism)
lenin's testament
find a way to remove stalin as the power of general secretary is too much. replace him with someone who is the complete opposite
trotsky vs stalin
two main and really only competitors in power struggle, however at first stalin was only a minor player
trotsky
permanent rev
thought russia should put energy and money into helping working class in other countries to stage their own revolutions
russians should go on fighting a 'permanent revolution' until world communist reevolutions was achieved
stalin
socialism in one country
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solve their own problems and created worker's society which was vastly superior (would be world leaders)
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summary of how stalin won: his control of the part machine was a crucial factor, outmanoeuvred his opponents but was also lucky, trotsky's weaknesses and errors of judgement, all stalin's opponents vastly underestimated him
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