Soviet Succession Struggles: Kremlinology and the Russian Question from Lenin to Gorbachev

by Anthony D'Agostino

Overview

Soviet Succession Struggles (1988) is a key study of the history, nature and development of Soviet politics and politicians from the earliest days of Soviet Russia up to the rise of Gorbachev. It examines the power struggles between opposing factions within the Soviet leadership, and identifies two main political standpoints that were always vying for ultimate control of the Communist State.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032674698
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/01/2025
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Politics
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Forging the Stalin-Trotsky Myth: Trotsky’s Controversy with Boris Souvarine, 1929  2. How Lenin Fought: Problems of Original Communism, 1919–1921  3. Lenin versus Stalin, Trotsky versus Zinoviev  4. The Year 1923  5. Moscow and Leningrad, 1924–1928  6. Stalin and Alternance: The Second Centrism, 1929–1933  7. The Russian Question, the Purges and Alternance, 1933–1939  8. The Third Centrism: the Rise of Kremlinology, 1940–1964  9. Epilogue: Suslov and Alternance, 1964–1982  10. Conclusion