HISTORY 3CG3 Study Guide - Lev Kamenev, Grigory Zinoviev, Nikolai Bukharin
12 Apr 2014
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The struggle for leadership (1924-1927: poland had become separated from russia. Internally the russian communist leadership is established and created the new. Economic policy: russian economy is devastated by world war 1, millions of russians starve due to lack of food. Russia needs to provide its people bread: implements free market capitalist policies for the purpose of economic gain. Lenin dies: 1922: lenin has a stroke and becomes disabled (?) There is a constant struggle for leadership as he is unable to lead: 5 key leaders of the bolchavics: bukharin, kamenev, stalin, trotsky, zinoviev. Each have different ideas about how to run communist russia. Does become an intellectual: argues for the identity of the. Soviet union- how do we deal with all these ethnicities. Believes that we don"t need to foster revolutions internationally. Creates a network of political connectedness in russia: stalin directs 1 party against the other and discredits both of them, targets trotsky: stalin allies against kamenev and.
