Red Valkyries by Kristen Ghodsee

Author:Kristen Ghodsee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Verso Books

Krupskaya’s words had little effect in changing Stalinist policy, and she was isolated and persecuted by Stalin and other party members willing to do his bidding. Trotsky recalled, after her death:

She made an attempt to oppose the Stalinist clique and in 1926 found herself for a brief interval in the ranks of the Opposition. Frightened by the prospect of a split, she broke away. Having lost confidence in herself, she completely lost her bearings, and the ruling clique did everything in their power to break her morally. On the surface she was treated with respect, or rather with semi-honors. But within the apparatus itself she was systematically discredited … and subjected to indignities.58

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