Summary Phases of Stalin's Rise and Premiership

Phases of Stalin’s rise and
premiership 1924-41
Date @May 18, 2023

Topic

Leader Stalin

Type Lecture

22-28 Power struggle
Stalin was a go-to figure
- Holds weight to Party
- Led some armies
- Other members of Politburo didn’t see it coming but very popular among
membership
- Socialism in one country vs Trotsky’s permanetn revolution
- Starts to eliminate rivals and control bureaucracy - general secretary
- Still not in control of body
- Acts within party
- Tackling rivals and opponents

28-34 Consolidation
- Stalin much open to criticism - Ryutin Affair, stops collectivisation due to critiques
- Great Turn until Kirov affair
- Kirov was close to Stalin so violent turn as his own friend threatened to overthrow
him
- Violence not used in political game prior to Kirov
- Relied on non-violent control, expels 22% memebers, Trotsky kicked out of USSR
1929
- Trying to control party in a way he’s kept as predominant person (like Lenin) and
expected everyone to go along with him but it wasn’t the case
- Leading the party
- Kicking out internal enemies, external saboteurs are attackes (e.g. kulaks)


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