1925

• Trotsky's Defeat

  Trotsky was defeated over his proposals and subsequently resigned as War Commissar in January
• Zinoviev and Kamenev's Concerns

  Recognizing the growing power of Stalin and the bureaucracy, Zinoviev and Kamenev realized that Trotsky's warnings had been accurate
• 14th Party Congress

  1. Zinoviev and Kamenev publicly criticized the Party

  2. Highlighting issues such as bureaucracy

  3. Highlighting the slow pace of industrialization

  4. Highlighting the concept of socialism in one country
• Zinoviev and Kamenev publicly criticized the Party

  They were heavily outvoted
• Zinoviev and Kamenev were heavily outvoted

  • Resulted in Kamenev's demotion from full membership of the Politburo
  • Resulted in a significant weakening of Zinoviev's position