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


Music: "Budennyi's March" (Songs of the Revolution and Civil War (Melodiia)

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