... fear of being expelled from power. This ensured there were only the 7 Politburo members who were allowed any say in the Party's organising. A centralised party was, traditionally, against the Communist theory, as the idea of it being dominated by civil servants and paperwork did not appeal to the revolutionaries. Despite this, ... the struggle for power is that there was not one clear leader after Lenin's death. Whilst in power Lenin had controlled the Communist Party with his forceful personality and original ideas, leaving no room for any other leader. He chaired the meetings of the Po...

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... works with greats such as Gabo, Klutsis had the opportunity to cavort with Malevich's union of artist. Attending school at Second State Free Art Studio in Moscow, Klutsis joined the Communist Party at age twenty-five in 1920. Marking Lenin's fiftieth birthday, Klutsis used photomontage to design two ideologically mannered Soviet posters. The significance of Klutsis's posters is that they demonstrate ... few elite members of the avant-garde. The Soviet government did not recognize that this was in fact the avant-garde's goal. A resolution adopted in 1925 by the Communist Party Central Comm...

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