and won 370 seats compared to the Bolshevik’s 175 seats. Unsurprisingly‚ a resistance to Lenin’s control emerged and intensified into a counter-revolutionary movement‚ resulting in Civil War. Trotsky‚ as a great leader and commander‚ was a fundamental factor for the Bolshevik victory of the Civil War. Trotsky was Russia’s war commissar; he had immense control and authority over the military‚ coinciding
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June 2013 Stalin’s Russia D4 Why was Stalin able to defeat his political rivals so easily in the years 1924–29? The main contenders to Stalin in the struggle for power were: Bukharin‚ Trotsky‚ Zinoviev and Kamenev who all played a significant role in the success of Stalin as the leader of the Communist Party. The main reasons‚ however‚ include Stalin’s political position‚ Stalin’s manipulation of the Party machine and Stalin’s exploitation of the internal divisions of the Party. One reason as
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Lenin Lenin and his principals are the subject of a huge historiographical debate. The controversy surrounding Lenin’s pragmatism in the face of social‚ political and economic instability begs the question: did Lenin compromise his principals in the race for survival? It is astonishing that surrounded by the turmoil that was Russia in the early 20th century Lenin actually survived for so long. During the years of 1917-18 he encountered food shortages‚ war and a vast amount of strikes. In 1921
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Bolshevik revolution. Lenin’s political role in the success of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution was to a critical extent due to his thirst for power. However‚ to a reduced extent‚ the feebleness of the Provisional Government and the support/work of Trotsky guaranteed political accomplishment. Lenin’s strength within the political sphere was most accentuated by his April Theses – 7 April 1917. Lenin was a described by post-revisionist historian Robert Service as a ‘political warrior’ and a ‘power hungry
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when many groups had formed that opposed Lenin’s Bolsheviks. These groups were known as monarchists‚ militarists‚ and foreign nations. They were known as the whites‚ and the Bolsheviks were known as the reds. The fact that the reds were led by both Trotsky and Lenin‚ who combined had great social‚ political and military skills‚ had a direct result on the on the outcome of the war. It was Lenin’s political skills that enabled the Bolsheviks to be a successful and popular political power and‚ as a result
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wanted in the party‚ and Lenin’s testament not being publicly read out. Trotsky was Stalin’s main opponent for the next leader after Lenin’s death. Trotsky was a brilliant orator and administrator: he more than anyone had won the civil war being the leader of the Red Army. He was a good friend of Lenin’s‚ ending with a shining account of him in Lenin’s testament. But his pride and arrogance made him unpopular in the party. Trotsky was not a natural ‘comrade’. He would rather be the general of his own
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Industrialisation Unlike my opposition Trotsky‚ I am more on the conservative side of the Communist Party and so advocate for a state run capitalist economy. Because of this I managed to wrestle control of the Communist Party from the grasps off Trotsky. However! However… I have applied the FIRST Five-Year Plan due to reversing my opinion about this economic policy. I have switched in favour of Collectivization as a result of supporting NEP against my rival Leon Trotsky. This is because I hope that the
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Russia. Allusion is an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. For example‚ almost every character plays an influential role in history; Napoleon represents Stalin‚ Snowball represents Trotsky‚ and Old Major represents Lenin. Orwell uses these historical people as an outline to show how these characters develop. One such historical character is Stalin. Stalin plays the role of a dictator‚ and seizes control in Soviet Russia‚ destroying
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am not sure whether he will always be capable of using that authority with sufficient caution’. Stalin managed to convince the politburo to ignore this and covered the testament up. Lenin praised Leon Trotsky in his testament. Stalin’s closest rival in the struggle power was Leon Trotsky. Trotsky unlike Stalin was not from a peasant background‚ this lost him votes as they felt he thought higher of himself he also was very arrogant which also lost him many votes. People
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How/why did Stalin become head of state? After Lenin’s death in 1924‚ everyone thought Trotsky‚ the brilliant leader of the red army would become leader‚ especially as Lenin left a Testament saying that Stalin was dangerous and a ‘grey blur’ and should be dismissed‚ but Stalin schemed his way into power‚ using his position as General Secretary as well as using a serious of ruthless political moves‚ devious tactics‚ the weakness of opposition‚ his own strengths‚ party weakness’ and factors out of
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