Left Opposition
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The Left Opposition was a faction within the Soviet and international communist movement led by Leon Trotsky that criticized Stalin’s policies and advocated for international revolution and inner-party democracy.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Left Opposition canonical | 9 |
| Left opposition | 2 |
| International Left Opposition | 1 |
| KPD opposition (anti-Stalinist) | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
communist opposition current
ⓘ
political faction ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
defense of the Soviet Union against imperialism
ⓘ
inner‑party democracy ⓘ international revolution ⓘ permanent revolution ⓘ planned industrialization ⓘ workers’ democracy ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| criticized |
New Economic Policy
ⓘ
growing privileges of the party bureaucracy ⓘ socialism in one country ⓘ suppression of party factions ⓘ |
| endTime | late 1920s ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Adolf Joffe
ⓘ
Christian Rakovsky ⓘ Grigory Zinoviev ⓘ
surface form:
Grigori Zinoviev
Karl Radek ⓘ Leon Trotsky ⓘ Lev Kamenev ⓘ Yevgeni Preobrazhensky ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism
ⓘ
Trotskyism ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| methodOfDissolution |
exile of leaders
ⓘ
expulsions from the Communist Party ⓘ political repression ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Adolf Joffe
ⓘ
Alexander Beloborodov ⓘ Christian Rakovsky ⓘ Grigory Zinoviev ⓘ
surface form:
Grigori Zinoviev
Ivan Smirnov ⓘ Karl Radek ⓘ Leon Trotsky ⓘ Lev Kamenev ⓘ Yevgeni Preobrazhensky ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Joseph Stalin
ⓘ
Stalin era ⓘ
surface form:
Stalinism
bureaucratization of the Soviet state ⓘ one‑party dictatorship within the Communist Party ⓘ |
| organizedIn |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
All‑Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Comintern ⓘ
surface form:
Communist International
|
| partOf | international communist movement ⓘ |
| position | far‑left ⓘ |
| repressedBy |
Joseph Stalin
ⓘ
NKVD ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet secret police
|
| startTime | 1923 ⓘ |
| successor |
Fourth International
ⓘ
Left Opposition self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
International Left Opposition
|
| timePeriod | 1923–1927 ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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International Left Opposition
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Left opposition
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Left opposition
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KPD opposition (anti-Stalinist)