Stalin
LEV KAMENEV
Key Notes for Lev Kamenev (Up till 1924):
Throughout the summer of 1923, Lenin seemed close to death and there was a political struggle
Trotsky seemed to hold the most power due to his close friendship with Lenin before his strokes but an opposition had begun to emerge
The opposition for Trotsky not only held Stalin but also 2 other politicians: Lev Kamenev and G.E. Zinoviev (a leading Bolshevik who had been Lenin’s closest aide during the revolution)
Together, the 3 formed ‘’troika’’ a group & attacked Trotsky during party meetings, drawing on his writings/speeches from his last years as Menshevik as a means of attacking him for disloyalty
Kamenev supported Stalin after Lenin died, when Stalin retained his post as General Secretary
There was a division: The ‘’Rightists’’ and the ‘’Leftists’’. The rightists wanted to continue with Lenin’s New Economic Policy which allowed considerable economic freedom for peasants whilst Kamenev and the Leftists wanted to push the country more towards state control over economic life
In 1924, the ‘’Leftists’’ seemed to have control over the central committee
By the following year Kamenev had realised that Stalin was betraying them as he was moving towards an alliance with Bukharin
‘’ How likely do you think Lev Kamenev would have been to get into power in 1924? ‘’
Lev Kamenev wouldn’t have been likely to get into power to a large extent in 1924 because firstly, he wasn’t as highly important as Joseph Stalin was since Stalin was General Secretary as was more of a key figure whilst Kamenev and Zinoviev rather assisted Stalin in his rise to power. Moreover, Kamenev has a different ideology in terms of policy and beliefs since there was a division and he was a ‘’Leftist’’ which means he wanted to push the country towards state control over economic life whilst Stalin sided with the ‘’Rightists’’ and supported the NEP against the Left Opposition. Also, Kamenev trusted Stalin and was wrong to
Key Notes for Lev Kamenev (Up till 1924):
Throughout the summer of 1923, Lenin seemed close to death and there was a political struggle
Trotsky seemed to hold the most power due to his close friendship with Lenin before his strokes but an opposition had begun to emerge
The opposition for Trotsky not only held Stalin but also 2 other politicians: Lev Kamenev and G.E. Zinoviev (a leading Bolshevik who had been Lenin’s closest aide during the revolution)
Together, the 3 formed ‘’troika’’ a group & attacked Trotsky during party meetings, drawing on his writings/speeches from his last years as Menshevik as a means of attacking him for disloyalty
Kamenev supported Stalin after Lenin died, when Stalin retained his post as General Secretary
There was a division: The ‘’Rightists’’ and the ‘’Leftists’’. The rightists wanted to continue with Lenin’s New Economic Policy which allowed considerable economic freedom for peasants whilst Kamenev and the Leftists wanted to push the country more towards state control over economic life
In 1924, the ‘’Leftists’’ seemed to have control over the central committee
By the following year Kamenev had realised that Stalin was betraying them as he was moving towards an alliance with Bukharin
‘’ How likely do you think Lev Kamenev would have been to get into power in 1924? ‘’
Lev Kamenev wouldn’t have been likely to get into power to a large extent in 1924 because firstly, he wasn’t as highly important as Joseph Stalin was since Stalin was General Secretary as was more of a key figure whilst Kamenev and Zinoviev rather assisted Stalin in his rise to power. Moreover, Kamenev has a different ideology in terms of policy and beliefs since there was a division and he was a ‘’Leftist’’ which means he wanted to push the country towards state control over economic life whilst Stalin sided with the ‘’Rightists’’ and supported the NEP against the Left Opposition. Also, Kamenev trusted Stalin and was wrong to