stalins rise to power 1924-1929

• 1922

  stalin zinoviev and kamenev formed triumvirate against trotsky
• permanent revolution

  to spread socialism internationallly
• socialism in one country:

  stated that ussr could construct socialism on itsown
• reasons for great turn:

  • to achieve self sufficiency - not rely on western countries
  • ideology - becoming more industrialised needed for socialist state
  • to prove he was worthy as lenins successor
  • to improve standards of living
• collectivisation increased amount of grain collected

  doubled to 22.6 m tones 1928-1933

  however led to famine in areas

  let to mass deportations 1.5 m sent to concentration camps