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2.1.4 STALINS STEPS TO POWER 1924-29 - Coggle Diagram
2.1.4 STALINS STEPS TO POWER 1924-29
STEP 1 : DEFEAT TROTSKY
Trotsky was seen as the man most likely to win the power struggle after Lenin's Death in January 1924
Kamenev, Zinoviev and Stalin formed an alliance - despite Kamenev and Zinoviev agreeing with trotsky's main aims
Anti-Trotsky alliance helped Stalin as he lacked the authority to do it alone.
K and Z steadily destroyed Trotsky's reputation by writing articles and speeches about Trotsky's disrespect towards Lenin.
13th Party Congress 1924 - Stalin packed with anti-Trotsky members and established a major bias
Trotsky lost his role as head of the red army and left active politics
STEP 2: DEFEAT UNITED OPPOSITION
K and Z returned to Trotsky and formed united opposition in 1926 to present their ideas at the 15th party congress 1927
K and Z lost their respect and authority for allying with Trotsky whom they had just denounced.
Bukharin controlled the party's media which put them in the dominant position
Stalin accused them of factionalism for arguing against approved party Party policy
'Socialism in one country' was seen as patriotic as it meant they could build without outside interference
Congress voted to expel all three from the party.
Stalin allied with Bukharin and the right wing of the party as they shared similar views on continuing the NEP
Trotsky was exiled from USSR in 1929 and assassinated in 1940
Anti-Trotsky alliance split up after defeating Trotsky
STEP 3 : DEFEAT BUKHARIN
1928 Stalin performed a dramatic U turn and adopted the LEFT WING POLICIES
Stalin stepped into the light with strong ideological reasons and identity within the party
Bukharin attempted to defend the NEP and was simply outvoted due to members being loyal to Stalin from the promotions he had given out.
Bukharin lost his important posts and Stalin remained the last man standing by 1929 December.
WHY DID STALIN U TURN ON THE NEP
Failures of the NEP had become apparent
Not enough grain was reaching the cities
A general shift within the party against the policy as fears of invasion from the West suggested the need to industrialise
Clearly different views to Bukharin gave him individuality and a unique ideological and political standpoint