Nikolai Bukharin

Nikolai Bukharin was a Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet political leader, and Marxist theorist. Once a close ally of Joseph Stalin, he was executed in 1938 after a show trial during the Great Purge.

Joseph Stalin: Joseph Stalin was the Soviet leader who consolidated power after Vladimir Lenin’s death and ruled the USSR from the late 1920s until 1953. Stalin first allied with Bukharin against the Left Opposition, then helped destroy his political standing.
Russian Revolution: The Russian Revolution was the upheaval of 1917 that ended the monarchy and brought the Bolsheviks to power. Bukharin’s political career emerged from the revolutionary movement that seized power in 1917.
New Economic Policy: The New Economic Policy was a Soviet policy, introduced in 1921, that restored limited private trade and small-scale enterprise. Bukharin defended the policy and urged a gradual transition toward socialism through it.
Show Trials: Show trials are public legal proceedings staged to present predetermined political verdicts as legitimate judgments. Bukharin’s 1938 trial turned his forced confession into a public spectacle of alleged conspiracy.
The ABC of Communism: The ABC of Communism is a 1919 introduction to communist theory and Bolshevik policy by Nikolai Bukharin and Evgenii Preobrazhensky. Bukharin helped make party doctrine accessible through this widely circulated primer.
Vladimir Lenin: Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary who led the Bolsheviks and headed the Soviet government after the 1917 Revolution. Lenin mentored Bukharin but criticized his theoretical arguments and later named him among possible successors.
Bolshevik Party: The Bolshevik Party was the revolutionary socialist organization led by Lenin that took power in Russia in 1917. Bukharin joined the Bolsheviks as a young revolutionary and rose through their leadership.
War Communism: War Communism was the Soviet government’s system of centralized control and requisitioning during the Russian Civil War. Bukharin initially supported this emergency policy before advocating the more flexible New Economic Policy.
Moscow Trials: The Moscow Trials were a series of public proceedings in the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1938 against prominent former Bolsheviks. Bukharin was the principal defendant in the final major Moscow Trial.
Historical Materialism: A System of Sociology: Historical Materialism: A System of Sociology is Bukharin’s 1921 exposition of Marxist materialist social theory. This work presents Bukharin’s systematic account of society, history, and economic relations.

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