đź“… 23 Mei 1924
The first Party Congress after Lenin’s death opened amid a leadership struggle and debates over party growth, discipline and economic policy. The meeting marked a transition in party leadership and...
đź“… 26 Oktober 1926
The conference opened as disputes over economic policy and the party opposition intensified. Its resolutions condemned Trotsky’s platform and backed the leadership’s position on industrialization...
đź“… 2 December 1927
The Fifteenth Congress opened amid the defeat of the Left and United Opposition. Delegates debated agricultural procurement, industrialization and the future of NEP. The Congress became a turning...
đź“… 4 Juli 1928
The Central Committee plenum met from 4 to 12 July to review grain procurement and the broader economic situation. Its resolution called for restoring peasant confidence and stopping a return to...
đź“… 17 Juli 1928
The Sixth Congress of the Communist International opened and adopted a more confrontational analysis of capitalism and colonialism. Delegates debated the failures of the Chinese united-front...
đź“… 19 November 1928
In a speech to the Central Committee plenum, Stalin criticized the “Right deviation” as the party debated industrialization targets, agricultural policy and the control figures for 1928–29. The...
đź“… 17 November 1929
The defeat of Nikolai Bukharin’s faction narrowed debate over the pace and costs of industrialization. Political centralization accompanied the drive to extract grain and labor.
đź“… 2 Maart 1938
Nikolai Bukharin and co-defendants faced a public trial centered on conspiracy charges and coerced testimony. The trial connected elite purges to the wider system of policing, denunciation, and fear.
đź“… 13 Maart 1938
The Military Collegium issued death sentences after the final major Moscow show trial. The verdict consolidated the destruction of much of the old Bolshevik leadership.
đź“… 25 Januari 1921
Lenin continued his dispute with Trotsky and Bukharin over trade unions, warning against methods that treated workers as passive objects of administration. His proposed safeguards remained within a...
đź“… 18 December 1925
The Congress marked Stalin’s victory in a major ideological and organizational struggle. The doctrine emphasized building socialism within the USSR, amid isolation, civil-war devastation, and...
đź“… 13 Maart 1938
Nikolai Bukharin and other defendants were convicted after a public trial marked by coerced confessions and sweeping conspiracy claims. The purges devastated the party, state institutions, military...
đź“… 2 December 1927
The congress opened after opposition leaders had been expelled and removed from party positions. Delegates endorsed a course toward accelerated industrialization and agricultural collectivization....
