Soviet
Experimentation
nIn the middle of the 1920s, the Communist
Party encouraged the
organization of workers’, students’,
and women’s groups, and provided
public education.
nThis era of experimentation was short-lived
however, as a power struggle
broke out among Lenin’s
deputies after his unexpected
death.
nThe eventual winner was Joseph
Stalin who believed in a strong
nationalistic version of Communism
which he called “socialism
in one country.”
nRivals to his political philosophy were exiled and/or killed.