16 January 1925DismissalLeon Trotsky
Stalins "Socialism in one country" conflicts with Trotskys "Permanent Revolution". Dismissed as the Chairman of the Russian Revolutionary Council
Historical records for Russia in 1925, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Stalins "Socialism in one country" conflicts with Trotskys "Permanent Revolution". Dismissed as the Chairman of the Russian Revolutionary Council
Appointed Peoples Commissar for War & Navy
Kerensky records his position on government defence in exile.
Attends the Fourteenth Communist Party Congress as a non-voting delegate.
Captures the Don Basin from the Ukraine
Captures the Kuban from the Ukraine
Appointed Chairman of the Communist International, Comintern
Stalin upholds the thesis of "socialism in one country", detailed by Nikolai Bukharin
After the death of Lenin there is a shift in the Cominterns focus from world revolution towards a defence of the Soviet state paerticularly when Joseph Stalin takes power and upholds "socialism in one country", detailed by Nikolai Bukharin in his brochure "Can We Build Socialism in One Country in the Absence of the Victory of the West-European Proletariat?". 1st to use the expression, "socialism in one country"
Appointed Chairman of the Communist International, Comintern
The period up to 1928, is known as the "Second Period", mirroring the shift in the USSR from war communism to the New Economic Policy. Stalin upholds the thesis of "socialism in one country", detailed by Nikolai Bukharin
Within weeks of the Congress, Stalin wrestled control of the Leningrad party organisation and Government from Zinoviev and had him dismissed from all regional posts, leaving only the Comintern as a potential power base for Zinoviev
Within weeks of the Congress, Stalin wrestled control of the Leningrad party organisation and Government from Zinoviev and had him dismissed from all regional posts, leaving only the Comintern as a potential power base for Zinoviev
Appointed Commissar
Zinoviev was re-elected to the Politburo, but his ally Kamenev was demoted from a full member to a non-voting member and Sokolnikov was dropped altogether, while Stalin had more of his allies elected to the Politburo
Within weeks of the Congress, Stalin wrestled control of the Leningrad party organisation and Government from Zinoviev and had him dismissed from all regional posts, leaving only the Comintern as a potential power base for Zinoviev.
Zinoviev was re-elected to the Politburo, but his ally Kamenev was demoted from a full member to a non-voting member and Sokolnikov was dropped altogether, while Stalin had more of his allies elected to the Politburo.
With only the Leningrad delegation behind them, Zinoviev and Kamenev found themselves in a tiny minority and were soundly defeated.
Within weeks of the Congress, Stalin wrestled control of the Leningrad party organisation and Government from Zinoviev and had him dismissed from all regional posts, leaving only the Comintern as a potential power base for Zinoviev
Zinoviev was re-elected to the Politburo, but his ally Kamenev was demoted from a full member to a non-voting member and Sokolnikov was dropped altogether, while Stalin had more of his allies elected to the Politburo.
Writes Dialectical Materialism and Science, discussing the relationship between Marxist philosophy and scientific inquiry.
Stalins "Socialism in one country" conflicts with Trotskys "Permanent Revolution". Removes Trotsky as Commissar of War
Gosplans work is coordinated with the USSR Central Statistical Directorate, the Peoples Commissariat of Finance, and the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy (Vesenkha), and later with the State Bank (Gosbank) and State Supply Committee (Gossnab)
Completion of the "First Symphony"
Gosplans work is coordinated with the USSR Central Statistical Directorate, the Peoples Commissariat of Finance, and the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy (Vesenkha), and later with the State Bank (Gosbank) and State Supply Committee (Gossnab). During 1925 Gosplan starts to create annual economic plans, known as "control numbers"
Publishes a book on Lenin that combines political portraiture with recollections of revolutionary collaboration.
Develops memoirs and political arguments about 1917.
Becomes party secretary of the Petrovo-Marinsky district near Stalino.
Appointed Member of Politburo
Zinoviev was re-elected to the Politburo, but his ally Kamenev was demoted from a full member to a non-voting member and Sokolnikov was dropped altogether, while Stalin had more of his allies elected to the Politburo
1st to use the expression, "socialism in one country"
After the death of Lenin there is a shift in the Cominterns focus from world revolution towards a defence of the Soviet state paerticularly when Joseph Stalin takes power and upholds "socialism in one country", detailed by Nikolai Bukharin in his brochure "Can We Build Socialism in One Country in the Absence of the Victory of the West-European Proletariat?"
Stalin upholds the thesis of "socialism in one country", detailed by Nikolai Bukharin
Zinoviev and Kamenev allied with Lenins widow, Nadezhda Krupskaya, and Grigory Sokolnikov, the Soviet Commissar of Finance and non-voting Politburo member. With Trotsky finally on the sidelines, the Zinoviev-Kamenev-Stalin triumvirate began to crumble in early 1925. With only the Leningrad delegation behind them, Zinoviev and Kamenev found themselves in a tiny minority and were soundly defeated
Publication of "Tsement"
Publishes Where Is Britain Going, analyzing British politics and the prospects for working-class struggle.
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