RUSSIA IN THE 20TH CENTURY

PURGING: Stalin spent the rest of his life consolidating his power; one method was the Stalinist purges. Stalin did begin to prosecute ‘enem...

Stalin wanted ‘war’ against his capitalist enemies, outstripping them in the production of coal, oil, iron and steel, and would grant them t...

Stalin decided to impose the USSR on a huge programme of reform , agriculture and industry to be revolutionised, the cue for this was by the...

Trotsky’s failure with his campaign soon meant he could not persuade the Politburo or the Central Committee to vote for his proposals. Stali...

Lenin’s death saw the Politburo of Stalin, Trotsky, Tomsky, Rykov, Kamenev and Zinoviev proclaim their intentions to continue as a collecti...

Stalin was highly regarded by Lenin and played various roles, firstly as a violent organiser for campaigns that obtained funding for the Bol...

The NEP was intended to meet Russia’s need for food , as war communism had failed to deliver. State terror deterred the peasants, it was cle...