How did Lenin deal with opposition

How did Lenin deal with opposition

1. Ban on factions 1921

2. Concessions: NEP

3. Cheka

   • Renamed GPU 1922
     • Started arresting/harassing Nepmen

4. Religion attacked

5. Mensheviks/SR's outlawed

   • Put on show trial

6. Purge

   • Cleansing: Chistka
     • By mid 1919- membership halved since 1918
     • 220,000 members purged/left party by 1921
     • Cards- less violent than Stalin

7. 1922 censorship tightened

   • Pre-publication censorship- BIG DEAL
   • Glavlit
     • Literature and publishing
       • Positive communism