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Kaganovich also gained the attention of Stalin during the later years of the Civil War, and he had
a few interactions with Lenin as well.¹
131
By 1922, Kaganovich's career reached a new height when under Lenin's approval, he was
sent to work in the Secretariat which was a part of "the Leninist group's maneuvers to maintain
control over the Party in opposition to Trotsky and his supporters."
"132 Here, Kaganovich became
the head of the Secretariat's Organization and Instruction Department. When he brought up some
insecurities about accepting the position, Stalin personally reassured him that others had vouched
for his work, and he was right for the position.
133
The Civil War period served as the culmination of Kaganovich's transition through the
Jewish revolution and also his break from it. He had gained an education in Russian, however
limited, and turned to self-education to continue his studies. He also moved away from his small
village in Kabany to Kiev and Minsk, and eventually visited St Petersburg and Moscow, where
he settled after the Civil War. These were necessary components of the Jewish revolution that
Kaganovich participated in. Additionally, he rose steadily through the ranks of the Bolshevik
Party from printing leaflets and organizing underground meetings in Kiev in the early 1910's, to
accepting a major government position in Moscow in 1922 with both Lenin and Stalin's
approval. Kaganovich was a full Bolshevik and lifelong Leninist and by the end of the Civil War
he was in a major government role.
131 Ibid, 39.
132 Ibid.
133 Ibid.
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