Soviet Succession Struggles - Kremlinology and the Russian Question From Lenin to Gorbachev

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, examining the power struggles between opposing factions within the Soviet leadership.

List 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

Product details

• Authors: Anthony D'Agostino, Anthony D''agostino
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032674698
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3267469-8
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Politics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, Political leaders & leadership, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Political leaders and leadership, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era