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.[1] 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.[2]