The Secretary of Tomsk Province Committee of the RCP (b) V.S. Kalashnikov Fighting against Trotskyism (1923-1924)

In 1923, the Tomsk Provincial Committee received next, appointed by Moscow, the Secretary . The biggest challenge for him was the intra-party discussion. In Tomsk, the debate opened with a delay of a month. The provincial committee leadership did not understand the essence of debate immediately. In November 1923, at the city communist's meeting the, the most of them were in favor of Leon Trotsky. However, in December 21, 1923 party activists Tomsk approved of the resolution of the Central Committee. In December 23, 1923 regular meeting of the city communist's organization took place. It also endorsed the resolution of the Central Committee. In this connection the name of Leon Trotsky was not mentioned. During the discussion, the Kuzbass Communists spoke more boldly. 18 December 1923 at the city meeting of the Kuznetsk party organization party-members talked about the dictatorship of the Party bodies on the party committees . 30 de December 1923 at a meeting of the Mariinsk' party organization were offering to change party apparatus, to eliminate the gap between the upper from the lower classes, to stop criticism of Trotsky, to restore the election of party committees. 4-5 January 1924 at the meeting of Lenin (Kuznetsk) organization V. Kalashnikov acted confused and thought that were not dangerous in the opposition's motions. Sh. Dvolaytsky criticized V. Kalashnikov in the debate. CK RCP (b) moved the discussion into the local party committees. It shattered the discussion and has enabled the Party committees to generalize its results. The secretaries of Tomsk district committees explained in detail the party-cells required a course of behavior. In January 1924, V. Kalashnikov went to Moscow at the party conference. His functions were put on M. Volfovich. He made a whole series of reports and significantly lowered the rating of L.D. Trotsky in the province. By the end of 1924 using materials of the central newspapers the local trotskists have been criticized. Basil Stukov from Moscow and G. Gregorov from Ivanovo were the most active supporters of Leon Trotsky in Tomsk. After a mission to the capital V. Kalashnikov was strictly adhered to the line of the Central Committee. In November 1924, he finally denounced Trotsky's position and was able to survive until 1970.

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