Syrtsov-Lominadze Affair
Left-Right Bloc | |
|---|---|
| Leader (left) | Vissarion Lominadze |
| Leader (right) | Sergey Syrtsov |
| Founded | July 1930 |
| Dissolved | December 1930 |
| Merger of | Rightists Leftists |
| Preceded by | United Opposition |
| Merged into | Bloc of Soviet Oppositions |
| Ideology | Anti-collectivism |
| National affiliation | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
In the history of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union the Left-Right bloc (Russian: лево-правый блок, romanized: levo-pravyy blok) was a failed attempt of vocal opposition to the politics of forced collectivization Joseph Stalin. Vissarion Lominadze and Sergey Syrtsov were recognized as its leaders. The name is derived from the accusation in factionism of the group created by joining of two groups: the one accused in "right opportunism" and allegedly headed by Syrtsov and another one accused of "leftism" and "half-Trotskyism" allegedly headed by Lominadze. In Western literature the case is known as the Syrtsov-Lominadze Affair.