Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Making of a Bolshevik, 1893–1917
- Chapter 2 Red Terror and Civil War, 1918–1921
- Chapter 3 Building the Monolithic Party, 1922–1927
- Chapter 4 Ukrainian Party Boss, 1925–1928
- Chapter 5 The Triumph of the Stalin Faction, 1928–1929
- Chapter 6 Revolution from Above, 1928–1935
- Chapter 7 Stalin's Deputy, 1930–1935
- Chapter 8 Moscow Party Boss, 1930–1935
- Chapter 9 Boss of Rail Transport, 1935–1937
- Chapter 10 Political and Social Revolution through Terror, 1936–1938
- Chapter 11 The Man
- Chapter 12 The Despot's Creature, 1939–1953
- Chapter 13 De-Stalinization and Nemesis, 1953–1991
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Chapter 8 - Moscow Party Boss, 1930–1935
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Making of a Bolshevik, 1893–1917
- Chapter 2 Red Terror and Civil War, 1918–1921
- Chapter 3 Building the Monolithic Party, 1922–1927
- Chapter 4 Ukrainian Party Boss, 1925–1928
- Chapter 5 The Triumph of the Stalin Faction, 1928–1929
- Chapter 6 Revolution from Above, 1928–1935
- Chapter 7 Stalin's Deputy, 1930–1935
- Chapter 8 Moscow Party Boss, 1930–1935
- Chapter 9 Boss of Rail Transport, 1935–1937
- Chapter 10 Political and Social Revolution through Terror, 1936–1938
- Chapter 11 The Man
- Chapter 12 The Despot's Creature, 1939–1953
- Chapter 13 De-Stalinization and Nemesis, 1953–1991
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Summary
In 1930 Kaganovich became a full member of the Politburo and for the next five years acted as Stalin's deputy in the party. At the same time, he was appointed as first secretary of the Moscow party committee. In this period he acquired a real power base and won a degree of party and public visibility that marked him as a major political figure in the USSR. Moscow, the ‘red capital’, the headquarters of the party and of the world revolution, was of great symbolic importance. Kaganovich's role as party boss of Moscow, which embraced the city and the province, demonstrated the extent to which Stalin's deputies were allowed a degree of latitude in developing policy as well as the limits to that delegated power. The modernization of the capital was a central part of the regime's developmental programme in which ideological goals were to a significant degree subsumed under more pragmatic considerations. Moscow province was economically one of the most important regions of the USSR, having a population of more than 10 million people, including major towns such as Tula, Kalinin, Kolomna, Serpukhov, Podol'sk, Orekhovo-Zuevo, Ryazan' and Kaluga.
The Political Leadership of Moscow
Following the ousting of Uglanov as the secretary of the Moscow party organization in 1928, the post was temporarily filled by Molotov and then by K. Ya. Bauman. Stalin's article ‘Dizzy with Success’ in March 1930, signalled a major retreat with regard to collectivization.
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- Iron LazarA Political Biography of Lazar Kaganovich, pp. 145 - 164Publisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2012