Left-right_bloc
Syrtsov-Lominadze Affair
Attempt to oppose Joseph Stalin's consolidation of power among Soviet communists
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]