may 23, 1924 - Triumvirate & 13th party congress

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- Stalin, Zinoviev and Kamenev formed the Triumvirate. they now led the party.
- Trotsky said that the party had become too bureaucratic and less democratic in his speech. Despite being a brilliant speech, he was easily defeated in the vote because Stalin packed congress with his own delegates.
- Trotsky could have appealed to supporters but he had approved the ban on factions and was unwilling to split the party.
- Stalin undertook all bureaucratic roles in the party which allowed him to take control

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