1. For what reasons and by what methods was Stalin able to rise to power in the USSR by 1929?

2. Stalin attends theological seminary
influenced by Messame Dassy (MD) 1989
introduced to the ideas of Karl Marx
1899 expelled from seminary, and MD in 1901

3. 1901 joins RSDLP Russian Socialist Democratic Labor Party and becomes professional revolutionary
Led strikes and robbed banks while leaders were in exile
1902 arrested and exiled to Siberia, escaped in 1904
Exiled to Siberia from (Romanov’s overthrown)

4. How will Stalin’s experience as a revolutionary impact his actions towards revolutionaries when he takes control of the USSR?

5. 1917 Editorial board of Pravda Elected to Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party

6. Oct. Revolution 1917 Bolsheviks seized control and ousted provisional government By 1921 only the Bolshevik party was not banned (single party state was established)

7. 1917 Stalin appointed Commissar for Nationalities
believed states needed to be ruled by a strong center and held there with strict discipline (Lenin wanted autonomous states)

8. 1922 Appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party
Member of Politburo
Ogburo and Secretariat

9. Method 1 Lenin & Stalin
1918 assassination attempt effects Lenin’s health
1921 Lenin’s NEP replaced War Communism (grain requisitioning)
Trotsky strongly opposed
1922 & 23 debilitating strokes

10. 1921 the 10th Party Congress passed the Resolution on Party Unity or ‘Ban on factions’

11. 1922-1923 Lenin wrote his Testament

12. The Scissor Crisis

13. 1924 Lenin died, party was divided between NEP supporters & opponents Lenin’s Testament was not read at the 12th Party Congress in 1924

14. Stalin made it look like he was Lenin’s besty and gave Trotsky the wrong date for the funeral so he went on vacation to Sukhumi

15. -Lenin Enrollment -Stalin controlled who was voted into the Central Committee -Required reading for new members; The Foundations of Leninism

16. Method 2 Removal of Rivals Trotsky would’ve been the likely successor but . . .
Jewish
didn’t want to fight for it
not close with Politburo members
attacked NEP
supported Permanent Revolution

17. Party is split by the NEP
First I destroy the left. I don’t like NEP.
NEP Non-Supporters
NEP Supporters
Trotsky
Kamenev
Zinoviev
Stalin joins Kamenev & Zinoviev to create the Troika
Bukharin
Rykov
Tomsky

18. Stalin isolates Trotsky
13th Congress of Soviets 1924 vote on NEP, Socialism in One Country vs. Permanent Revolution
Stalin, Kamenev and Zinoviev agree to work together in Politburo
None want Trotsky to take leadership
Trotsky gives brilliantly stirring speeches calling for the end of the NEP and the beginning of a Permanent Revolution
Rightists happy to support centralist Troika over Left Wing Trotsky
Trotsky threatened with the charge of ‘Factionalism’ if he does not accept the will of the party!

19. The Left self-destructs
Zinoviev and Kamenev turn on Trotsky questioning his Bolshevik credentials
Trotsky publishes ‘Lessons of October’ which criticises Zinoviev and Kamenev’s conservatism during the Revolution
Stalin stays in background allowing left to tear itself to pieces
Zinoviev and Kamenev happy to allow Stalin to continue to appoint delegates to further alienate their enemy ‘Trotsky’
By 1925 he Trotsky no longer a potential party leader

20. Party is split by the NEP
First I destroy the left. Still don’t like NEP
NEP Non-Supporters
NEP Supporters
Trotsky
Kamenev
Zinoviev
Stalin joins Kamenev & Zinoviev to create the Troika
Bukharin
Rykov
Tomsky

21. 14th Party Congress 1925
Kamenev attacked NEP & Stalin’s Socialism in One Country Stalin decides to support the NEP Politburo increased to 9 (Molotov, Kalinin & Voroshilov were added) Kamenev was voted out

22. Party is split by the NEP
First I destroy the left. Now I like NEP
NEP Non-Supporters
NEP Supporters
Trotsky
Kamenev
Zinoviev
Bukharin
Rykov
Tomsky

23. -1926 Kamenev, Zinoviev & Trotsky create the United Opposition -Stalin labelled them factionalists -Trotsky exiled to Kazakhstan Kamenev & Zinoviev begged for forgiveness and were let back into the party

24. Party is split by the NEP
Then I destroy the right! No more NEP
NEP Non-Supporters
NEP Supporters
Trotsky
Kamenev
Zinoviev
Bukharin
Rykov
Tomsky

25. -1927 the War Scare leads to grain hoarding, Stalin no longer supports NEP and starts grain requisitioning in /9 Politburo members owe their positions to Stalin Bukharin, Rykov, and Tomsky (NEP supporters) were voted out of Politburo easily (5 members owe position to Stalin)

26. Party is split by the NEP
Then I destroy the right! No more NEP
NEP Non-Supporters
NEP Supporters
Trotsky
Kamenev
Zinoviev
Bukharin
Rykov
Tomsky

27. Me and my new buddies, pictures fuzzy, we break camera haha Russian not funny joke.

28. Examples of how Stalin’s rise to power was legal- 1
Examples of how Stalin’s rise to power was legal Elected to Politburo 2. Appointed as Gen. Secretary 3. Accused rivals of factionalism 4. Rivals were removed through votes

29. Examples of how Stalin responded to popular opinion- 1
Examples of how Stalin responded to popular opinion got rid of the NEP after booting the Left Deviationists

30. Study for the Quiz! RED means they will not be in the word bank!
1989 Messame Dassy
Russian Socialist Democratic Labor Party
Pravda
Commissar for Nationalities
1922 General Secretary
Politburo
Ogburo & Secretariat
Kamenev
Zinoviev
Socialism in One Country
War Scare
NEP
War Communism
Resolution on Party Unity 1921
Trotsky
Scissor Crisis
Lenin’s Testament
Lenin Enrollment
The Foundations of Leninism
Bukharin
Rykov
Tomsky