To fully understand the Moscow Trials of the 1930's, we have to take our study back further. On part 2 of this series we look at the Bolshevik party's history from 1920-1925.
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Sources:
-"History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union(B)"
-"Trotsky: Sword of the Revolution 1919-1923" -Tony Cliff https://www.marxists.org/archive/cliff/works/1990/trotsky2/11-warcomm.html#p5
-"The Workers Opposition" -Alexandra Kollontai https://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1921/workers-opposition/index.htm
-"The Trade Unions, the Present Situation and Trotsky's Mistakes" -Lenin https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1920/dec/30.htm
-"10th Party Congress" https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1921/10thcong/index.htm
-"To Purge the Party" -Lenin https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1921/sep/20.htm
-"Thirteenth Conference of the RCP(B)" -Stalin https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1924/01/16.htm