History 328
History of the Soviet Union since 1917
September 18, 2002
The Tenth Communist Party Congress, 1921
Red Army assault across the ice on Kronshtadt, March 1921
I. Periodization: When does the revolution end?
II. Communist party in 1921
A. "Party-state" relations
B. Situation in March 1921
1. civil war
2. economic collapse
3. society
a. intellectuals
b. workers
c. Kronstadt sailors
III. Crisis of the party
A. Workers' opposition
B. Democratic centralists
C. Platform of the "Ten"
IV. Tenth Party Congress
A. Economic policy (NEP)
B. Resolution on party unity
1. vanguard thesis
2. the dangers of factionalism
3. propaganda
4.locus of criticism
5. workers' opposition - grievances
6. ban on fractions
7. Central Committee rules
Lenin and Delegates at the 10th Party Congress