Stalin’s rise to power and dictatorship, 1924–41 (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Year Lenin died
Year Lenin died
1924
Stalin's position in Communist Party
Stalin's position in Communist Party
General Secretary
Stalin's ideology concept
Stalin's ideology concept
Socialism in One Country
Trotsky's ideology concept
Trotsky's ideology concept
Permanent Revolution
Year Trotsky joined Bolsheviks
Year Trotsky joined Bolsheviks
1917
City Zinoviev controlled
City Zinoviev controlled
Petrograd (later Leningrad)
City Kamenev controlled
City Kamenev controlled
Moscow
Newspaper Bukharin edited
Newspaper Bukharin edited
Pravda
Lenin's Testament on Stalin
Lenin's Testament on Stalin
Too powerful, should be removed from position
How Stalin used Lenin's funeral vs Trotsky
How Stalin used Lenin's funeral vs Trotsky
Told Trotsky wrong date; made Stalin appear as natural heir
Stalin's main power source as Gen Secretary
Stalin's main power source as Gen Secretary
Control of party appointments/placing loyal supporters
Members of United Opposition 1926
Members of United Opposition 1926
Trotsky, Kamenev, Zinoviev
What Stalin accused United Opposition of
What Stalin accused United Opposition of
Factionalism (creating unauthorised groups)
Year Stalin became undisputed USSR leader
Year Stalin became undisputed USSR leader
1928
Stalin's policy shift 1927-28
Stalin's policy shift 1927-28
Rapid industrialisation & collectivisation of agriculture