Leningrad opposition in 1925-1926 and higher school
Study of the inner-party struggle of the 1920s in CPSU(b) is one of the most actual and attractive subjects of USSR history. The relative freedom in the Bolsheviks’ views and political activities of that period makes it possible to assess the existing prospects for the development of the socialist revolution in Russia. The party intelligentsia and students, traditionally responsive to radical trends, played a special role in the unfolding struggle. The article shows what influence the clash between supporters of Zinoviev and Stalin-Bukharin, which took place around the XIV Party Congress (December 1925 - January 1926), had on the higher education. The author pays attention to the participation of teachers and students in the propaganda campaign, in the mobilization of supporters and in the fight against "initiative groups". The main sources for the article were the previously little used protocols of party cells of various universities, journalism, personal files of the opposition, materials of the Control Commissions of the CPSU (b), responsible for the observance of party discipline.