How far do you agree that the struggle for power following Lenin’s was caused by the ideological differences of the contenders of power?
How far do you agree that the struggle for power following Lenin’s was caused by the ideological differences of the contenders of power?
The big issues with the struggle for power was that after Lenin’s death the following leader was not selected by Lenin in his testament, this was because of the different personalities of each of the leaders and the places within the party. The most outstanding reason why there was a struggle for power. This was between all the political positions, left winged, right wing and central, this is due to the varied beliefs of each candidate. The main candidates that was most likely to take power included; Trotsky, who was renowned for his large input in the civil war being a big leader of the red army. Stalin who was high up in the party and was a very conniving, as well as devious person. This was because of his tactical manoeuvring that had taken place during the struggle for power. Lastly there was Bukharin who was also a big contender as he was close friends with Lenin and helped seize Moscow in the civil war. Two more contenders Zinoviev and Kamenev where also large contenders, I haven’t considered them as the biggest contenders for the power of Russia due to their political positioning within the parties as they went from Right to Left winged and therefore were seen as unreliable by the public.
The different beliefs in the revolution, this was a big part in the struggle as they all had different beliefs on how Russia would revolt and go into a new stage for Russia. Trotsky had his belief, this was of world revolution. Meaning that Trotsky didn’t believe that Russia could have a revolution on its own, as no socialist society could survive on its own. He didn’t believe that Russia had the economic resources or technological sophistication to complete the transition to socialism on its own. This meant that Trotsky relied on Western Europe and that they would have a revolution, he believed that the communist regimes in western
The big issues with the struggle for power was that after Lenin’s death the following leader was not selected by Lenin in his testament, this was because of the different personalities of each of the leaders and the places within the party. The most outstanding reason why there was a struggle for power. This was between all the political positions, left winged, right wing and central, this is due to the varied beliefs of each candidate. The main candidates that was most likely to take power included; Trotsky, who was renowned for his large input in the civil war being a big leader of the red army. Stalin who was high up in the party and was a very conniving, as well as devious person. This was because of his tactical manoeuvring that had taken place during the struggle for power. Lastly there was Bukharin who was also a big contender as he was close friends with Lenin and helped seize Moscow in the civil war. Two more contenders Zinoviev and Kamenev where also large contenders, I haven’t considered them as the biggest contenders for the power of Russia due to their political positioning within the parties as they went from Right to Left winged and therefore were seen as unreliable by the public.
The different beliefs in the revolution, this was a big part in the struggle as they all had different beliefs on how Russia would revolt and go into a new stage for Russia. Trotsky had his belief, this was of world revolution. Meaning that Trotsky didn’t believe that Russia could have a revolution on its own, as no socialist society could survive on its own. He didn’t believe that Russia had the economic resources or technological sophistication to complete the transition to socialism on its own. This meant that Trotsky relied on Western Europe and that they would have a revolution, he believed that the communist regimes in western