Stalin, forming his own faction, aptly called the 'center', and using his position as party secretary to his advantage, played the others against each other, gradually gaining total control of the communist party. Of course, there were other groups as well - as the Workers’ opposition, and the Decemist faction, and nothing was stable for long as allegiances shifted. On the other “side” of the spectrum was the Right Opposition, fronted by Bukharin. Their main opponent, back in the early 20’s, was Trotsky, leading what came to be known as the Left Opposition. Initially the strongest ones were Kamenev and Zinovyev and their so called “New Opposition”. But before that happened, several sub groups had formed behind outspoken leaders. Lenin introduced a ban on factionalism, which Stalin later used to defeat his opponents. Please note though that at the moment of writing this dev diary, a lot of things are still being worked upon, and copy edits to be done, so there will be changes before release.Įven before Lenin’s death, there was a bitter power struggle within the party. It is also my first dev diary, as I am relatively new to the Content Design team at HoI. I got the honor of writing this diary, so I shall do my best at covering all the options available for the alternative communist branches. Thus I guess it is fitting that the work on the various paths for the Soviet Union has been divided between several CDs unlike normally, when one tree is designed by one CD. The opposition to Stalin during the 30’s was diverse and divided.

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