Focusing on the development of the Communist Party in Moscow between 1925 and 1932 and its ultimate assumption of absolute power. This volume examines in detail the political changes in Moscow, including the crisis over collectivization, and the organization strategy of the Party in Moscow.
Part 1 Political change in Moscow, 1925-32: the Moscow Committee and the Left, 1925-27; the Right deviation in Moscow, 1928; Bauman and the crisis over collectivization, 1929-30; Kaganovich's Party organization, 1930-32. Part 2 The Moscow Party organization, 1925-32: party structure and organization; party membership and recruitment in Moscow; "political education", agitation and propaganda; the Moscow party organization and Moscow industry; political participation and party democracy.
