HIST 3203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Lev Kamenev, Nicholas I Of Russia, Lazar Kaganovich
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Close ally of stalin, but wasn"t a yes man. Seen as an alternative leader to stalin by some quite charismatic. Very tough hard driven entirely loyal to kaganovich jewish last jew to survive in senior party leadership extremely austere (only ever owned one suit) Went out to the regions and supervised the purges. Number 2 guy behind stalin for many years. Being commissar of foreign affair in 1939 is what he is most famous for. Scriabin family originally changed name to molotov from russia word for hammer molot. Opposition to stalin in the early 1930s lenin"s prohibition against execution of party members stood still people outside party were killed but men in party could still oppose party leadership. Went around talking to regional party secretaries to try and limit stalin"s power. Thought the economic policies stalin was pursuing were dangerous.
