Events
Stalin is appointed General Secretary
of the Communist Party. He was already
a founding member of the Politburo and OrgburoVladimir Lenin suffers
his first stroke, which
left a power vacuum
within the party.14th Party Congress in which Stalin moved against
Old Bolsheviks within the Central Committee.Declaration of 46: A letter by 46
party leaders to the Politburo
which condemned political and
economic centralization.
It would become the basis of the
United Opposition.Politburo expanded to 9 members
to include Molotov, Kalinin and Voroshilov,
all of which supported Stalin.Trotsky denies charges of
factionalism in a letter
to the Central Committee.Bukharin is promoted
to the PolitburoLenin dies and Stalin organizes his funeral,
preventing a reading of his testament, misinforming
Trostky and delivering a speech.Trotsky removed from his position as
Commissar for Military and Naval AffairsFourteeth Party Congress:
Stalin publically denounces
Kamenev and Zinoviev for
asking his aid in expelling TrotskyTrotsky, Zinoviev and Kamenev
expelled from the party, United
Opposition is purged from the
Central CommitteeAfter public apologies, Kamenev and
Zinoviev are admitted back.Trotsky exiles himself
to Alma-AtaRykov loses his post as
Premier of the Russian Soviet
Federative Socialist RepublicMolotov, Stalin´s protege,
replaces Rykov as chairman of
the Council of Labor and Defense16th Party Congress:
Bukharin, Tomsky and Rykov
are voted out of the PolitburoStalin starts advocating
for industrialization, originally
proposed by the United Opposition,
which alienated the Right Opposition15th Party Congress:
Kamenev is interrupted
over twenty four timesPeriods
Stalin outlines party policy within The "Foundations of Leninism".Lenin Enrolment: Using Lenin´s popularity,
Communist Party membership grew by over
half a millionTrotsky, Zinoviev and Kamenev
merge into the United OppositionTroika period: Alliance between
Stalin, Kamenev and Zinoviev.
Stalin focused against TrotskyStalin allies with Bukharin and the moderates,
focuses on the United OppositionStalin turns on the Right DeviationistsStalin´s early actions towards
building a political base
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