IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT

Trimuvirate-( stalin, zinoveve, kamneve) - keep Trotsky out of power,
Used Lenins funeral- wrong date, claimed Trotsky in his book only emphasised his own role, Zinovieve invented 'Trotskyism'.
Triumvirate split 1925 because they had achieved their goal, now focused on socialism in one country which Zinoiveve and Kamenve could not accept.
Duumvirate -( Stalin and Buckharin)- had same idelogical ground, both agreed on continuation of NEP although Buckharin was more comitted.
Fourteenth Party Congress- Duumivirate won 559 to 65
Kameneve removed from sovnarkom, Buckharin replaced Zinoviev as head of chair man of cmintern.
Trotsky forced to resign as Head of Red Army.

SHIFTING ALLIANCES

Trimuvirate-( stalin, zinoveve, kamneve) - keep Trotsky out of power,
Used Lenins funeral- wrong date, claimed Trotsky in his book only emphasised his own role, Zinovieve invented 'Trotskyism'.
Triumvirate split 1925 because they had achieved their goal, now focused on socialism in one country which Zinoiveve and Kamenve could not accept.
Duumvirate -( Stalin and Buckharin)- had same idelogical ground, both agreed on continuation of NEP although Buckharin was more comitted.
Fourteenth Party Congress- Duumivirate won 559 to 65
Kameneve removed from sovnarkom, Buckharin replaced Zinoviev as head of chair man of comintern.
Trotsky forced to resign as Head of Red Army.
Fifteen Party Congress- Trotsky, Zinovieve and Kameveve expelled
Trotsky exiled,Kameve and Zinoveve publically aplogised and let back in
Stalin temporarily stopped grain requistioning

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Private Property and money abolished in order to win civil war, this was lenin at his most radical
NEP 1921 introduced focused on education and it was favoured by the right wing of the party.
Trotsky on LEFT, Stalin in MIDDLE, Buckharin on RIGHT
The Great Industrilisation Debate- October revolution had created new govt. but not turned russia into Socialist state.
1923- NEP seen to be idelogically wrong and favoured peasants. Failed to deliver economic growth.
Preobrazhensky 'squeeze the life out of the peasants'( Trotsky said this is a dicatatorship)
Smychka alliance -increase taxes on peasants
Rightwing still favoured NEP
Trotsky did not believe that Russia had the economic resources to move to a socialist state,he hoped europe would have a revolution so could provide Russia with resources it needed.
1924- Stalin and Buckharin Socialism in one country
Bonapartism- Stalin argued that Trotsky was the real threat to a new revolution. Stalin feared that Trotsky like Napolean Bonarparte would use his position as Head of Red Army to become a military dictator.

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