1928

• Zinoviev and Kamenev readmitted to the Party after recanting

  January
• to Alma-Ata in Central Asia

  Trotsky exiled
• Bukharin and Stalin disagreed over economic policy

  The grain crisis prompted emergency measures like requisitioning, reminiscent of War Communism
• Stalin's Collectivization Policy

  Forced collectivization was necessary, while Bukharin believed in a more gradual approach with the NEP, manipulation of taxes on peasants, and intervention with grain prices
• Bukharin began to worry about Stalin's leadership


  Referred to him as "Genghis Khan" to Kamenev
• Bukharin published his concerns in Notes of an Economist in Pravda, arguing that rushing the pace was "Trotskyist" in thinking

  September
• Bukharin was reprimanded by the Politburo

  October
• Bukharin was accused of being a Right Deviationist


  November
• solidify his authority by removing key rivals, asserting control over economic policy, and using coercive measures to achieve his goals