1. Stalin's Rise to Power
... to the April Thesis, he wanted a socialist coalition government, and he had had heated debates with Lenin. This last point led to him losing influence. Bukharin was known as "the golden boy- of the party, and was a firm favourite with Lenin. He was good at organising and propaganda, and was also head of the newspaper "Pravda-. Additionally, he was a great orator ... -, whilst Trotsky, seen to be his right-hand man, was responsible for "excessive self-assurance and excessive absorption in administration-. Not "truly Marxist- was his reflection on Bukharin, considered the "golden boy- of t...
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