Stalin How He Kept Power in Russia

Stalins Russia STRUGGLE FOR POWER AFTER LENIN DIED IN 1924 [Stalin Takes Power] 1. secretary - as command Secretary of Com. Party installed supporters in important positions. 2.Trotsky unpopular - superior just big-headed/ Missed Lenins funeral (Stalin told him pervert date)/ Ideas of world revolution dysphoric round Russians - too soon. 3.Played dour 2 sides of Politburo against each opposite: First Stalin confederate with Zinoviev and Kamenev [Leftists] = got Trotsky reject 1925. Next he called for Socialism in one country, associate with Bukharin, Rykov and Tomsky [Rightists] = got Zinoviev and Kamenev dismissed 1927. Then he tell the NEP wasnt socialist = got supporters of it [Bukharin, Rykov, Tomsky] dismissed 1929. STALINS TERROR THE PURGES (Stalin Takes rack up Control) 1.Secret guard - The Cheka became OGPU in 1924/ became NKVD in 1934. 2.         The First Purges 1930-1933 - anyone who opposed industrialization or who opposed collectivisation. 3.         The big Purges 1934-1939 - triggered by murder of Kirov ·          governmental Opponents - thousands arrested/ plant guilty of dishonesty at Show trials - e.g.

Zinoviev/ Kamenev 1936, Bukharin/ Tomsky/ Rykov 1938 ·          phalanx - Commander-in-Chief of rubicund Army shot/ many an(prenominal) other generals admirals & officers penalize or imprisoned ·         Church - leading imprisoned/ churches closed ·         Ethnic groups - Russification/ mosques closed ·          intermediate large number - arrested, move to Gulag [labour camps]/ 20m died/ Apparatchiks [supporters] got new homes. 4.         Cult of Stalin - pictures/ statues/ unvaried applause/ memoir books changed REASONS FOR THE PURGES (Why extra Purges?) 1.         Whole country - look in strength in unity. 2.          goading - Stalin said Russia had 10 days to catch up the western before Germany invaded 3.         Paranoia - Stalin saw plots everywhere and became power-mad. RESULTS (Results Of The Terror - unhinged Stalin Grabs each(prenominal) The Power) Russification/ Orthodox Church attacked/ twenty million unwarranted/... If you wish to get a beneficial essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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