Leninism: Introduction to the Study of Leninism

Leninism: Introduction to the Study of Leninism (Russian:Leninizm: Vvedenie v izuchenie Leninizma) is a 1925 work by Soviet politician Grigory Zinoviev.[1] Leninism would be translated into English by The Communist Party of England as "Bolshevism or Trotskyism: Where the Line of Trotskyism is Leading" as part of The Errors of Trotskyism in May 1925.[2] The work represents a primary document to the ideological tensions that were building within the Politburo, Central Committee, and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Leninism: Introduction to the Study of Leninism
AuthorGrigory Zinoviev
Original titleLeninizm: Vvedenie v izuchenie Leninizma
LanguageRussian
Publication date
1925
Publication placeSoviet Union
Media typePrint.

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Leon Trotsky would respond to this work in The Permanent Revolution[3] who satirizes the work sarcastically comparing Zinoviev to Martin Luther and described reading it as "chocking on loose cotton wool".

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  1. ^ "Leninizm - Vvedenie v izuchenie Leninizma". 1925.
  2. ^ "Gregory Zinoviev: Bolshevism or Trotskyism".
  3. ^ Trotsky, Leon (1928). The Permanent Revolution. London: New Park Publications. pp. 36–37, 256.