Dismissal
Stalins "Socialism in one country" conflicts with Trotskys "Permanent Revolution". Dismissed as the Chairman of the Russian Revolutionary Council
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1925 in Russia
Explore 36 historical events and records for Russia in 1925.
Historical records for Russia in 1925
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January
August
Commissar
Appointed Peoples Commissar for War & Navy
September
Government Defence
Kerensky records his position on government defence in exile.
December
Fourteenth Party Congress Delegate
Attends the Fourteenth Communist Party Congress as a non-voting delegate.
Other events (month unknown)
Capture of Don Basin
Captures the Don Basin from the Ukraine
Capture of Kuban
Captures the Kuban from the Ukraine
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Communist International, Comintern
Comintern
Stalin upholds the thesis of "socialism in one country", detailed by Nikolai Bukharin
Comintern
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"
Comintern
Appointed Chairman of the Communist International, Comintern
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
Comintern
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
Comintern
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
Commissar
Appointed Commissar
Congress of Communist Party, 14th
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
Congress of Communist Party, 14th
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.
Congress of Communist Party, 14th
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.
Congress of Communist Party, 14th
With only the Leningrad delegation behind them, Zinoviev and Kamenev found themselves in a tiny minority and were soundly defeated.
Congress of Communist Party, 14th
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
Congress of Communist Party, 14th
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.
Dialectical Materialism and Science
Writes Dialectical Materialism and Science, discussing the relationship between Marxist philosophy and scientific inquiry.
Dismissal
Stalins "Socialism in one country" conflicts with Trotskys "Permanent Revolution". Removes Trotsky as Commissar of War
Economy of Russia
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)
First Symphony
Completion of the "First Symphony"
Gosplan
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"
Lenin Book
Publishes a book on Lenin that combines political portraiture with recollections of revolutionary collaboration.
Memoir Work
Develops memoirs and political arguments about 1917.
Petrovo-Marinsky Party Secretary
Becomes party secretary of the Petrovo-Marinsky district near Stalino.
Politburo
Appointed Member of Politburo
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
Socialism In One Country
1st to use the expression, "socialism in one country"
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?"
Socialism In One Country
Stalin upholds the thesis of "socialism in one country", detailed by Nikolai Bukharin
Triumvirate
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
Tsement
Publication of "Tsement"
Where Is Britain Going
Publishes Where Is Britain Going, analyzing British politics and the prospects for working-class struggle.
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