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Kronstadt Rebellion; 10th Party Congress; NEP is adopted
The limited revival of capitalism and the shock of the Kronstadt Rising also led the 10th Party Congress to introduce a ban on factions within the Communist Party and a ban on opposition parties in the soviets. -
Stalin becomes general secretary of the Communist Party
Stalin was appointed general secretary of the Communist Party. This position gave him the power to appoint and dismiss Communist Party officials. -
Lenin had first stroke
After Lenin's first stroke we was not entirely mentally stable and the fight over his position began, especially between Stalin, Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev and Bukharin. -
Lenin writes his last Testament
at the end of December, Lenin suffered a second stroke; he then dictated what he thought would be his last political Testament, outlining what he saw as the strengths and weaknesses of all the leading communists. -
the triumvirate was formed
Zinoviev, Kamenev and Stalin formed an alliance – the triumvirate – to prevent Trotsky obtaining majority support. -
Lenin’s Postscript recommends Stalin’s dismissal
Lenin was concerned about Stalin’s power, he added a Postscript to the Testement recommending Stalin’s removal. From then, until his death the following year, Lenin urged Trotsky on several occasions to launch a campaign against bureaucracy and for the restoration of party and soviet democracy. -
triumvirs begin their campaign against Trotsky
With Lenin absent because of his poor health, the triumvirs isolated Trotsky. The Congress re-elected Stalin as general secretary and elected a new enlarged Central Committee As general secretary, Stalin began to replace Trotsky’s supporters with those of the triumvirs, especially those who were loyal to him. By the end of 1923, Stalin had enough control of the party machine at local level to ensure that most of his nominees were -
Lenin dies
Lenin dies shortly after Trotsky formed the Left Opposition with others opposed to the policies of the triumvirs. Stalin gave Trotsky the wrong date for Lenin’s funeral, and then raised suspicions about Trotsky’s absence. -
Central Committee keeps Lenin’s Testament secret and decides not to dismiss Stalin
At this point Stalin already had a lot of power and did not want any of his power questioned so he made sure Lenin's testement couldn't be seen. one of Trotsky’s supporters published Lenin’s Testament in the New York Times, the Central Committee expelled Trotsky from the Politburo. The obvious isolation of the three Opposition leaders led Krupskaya to make her peace with Stalin. Stalin had Trotsky expelled from the Central Committee -
Stalin reveals ‘socialism in onecountry’ for the first time
talin presented the theory of "Socialism in one country" as a further development of Leninism. theory put forth by Joseph Stalin in 1924, elaborated by Nikolai Bukharin in 1925 and finally adopted by the Soviet Union as state policy. The theory held that given the defeat of all the communist revolutions in Europe the Soviet Union should begin to strengthen itself internally. That turn toward national communism was a shift from the previously held Marxist position.