LENNINS SUCCESSORS

zinoviev
1. one of the parties best speakers... inconsistent and underestimated opponents
2. opposed the october revolution of 1917 which was seen as opposig lennin
bukharin
1. popular with the party and close to lennin
2. intelligent, best thinker of the party... stalin relied on his knowledge of economies
3. tactical mistake 1928 tried to establish links with the defeated kamenev which was seen as incosistent
kamenev
1. lennin trusted him with many papers
2. he also opposed the october revolution with ZINOVIEV
3. everyone thought he was a soft lad - with no desire to be a leader
Trotsky
1. lennins right hand man during the revolution and the civil war
2. lead the red army
3. late convert to bolshevism... some were suspicious that he would form a military coup
explain why stalin came to power by 1929
1. luck
  1. stalins testament wasnt published which could have ruined him, "stalin is too rude.... i suggest the comrades think about a way of removing Stalin from that post and appointing another man in his position"
2. DEFEATED LEFT AND RIGHT
  1. defeated bukharin and the right..... easy because bukharin didnt believe that the USSR could industrialise.....
  2. defeated the left opposition in zinoviev trotsky and kamanev............. by using the support of the right
  3. left being socialist and right being capitalist
3. political and personal ability
  1. general secretary
    1. nobody thought it was a decent job so it was only him going for it, allowed him to decide promotions to party positions giving him power
  2. member of the politburo which is the head of all decisions made in the communist party
4. popularity
  1. got on the good side of the party by opposing policies that the party agreed with

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