Disgraced Nobles: Protest of Exiled Bolshevik Oppositionists during the Re-Election Campaign of 1928–1929 in Siberia

The article explores the protest actions of the Bolshevik oppositionists during the re-election campaign to the Soviets in 1928-1929.The 15 th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) condemned the left deviation, and as a consequence, Trotskyism.This served as a signal for mass repressions of the Bolshevik oppositionists.One of the most common forms of alienation of opponents of the Bolsheviks from the political life of the country was exile.Geographically, the scope of the study is limited to the territory of the Siberian region.A classification of protest actions of oppositionists in relation to the election campaign was carried out and their characteristics were identified.In the historiographical context, the stated topic has until now been considered in passing: the topic was mentioned within the framework of the study of Siberian exile in the 1920s, the history of the Trotskyist movement, the history of the election campaign of 1928-1929, political repressions in Siberia in the 1920s.We have identified the main centers of opposition protest.The article raises the question of the spontaneity of Trotskyist actions and the possibility of coordination between colonies of exiled oppositionists.The reasons for the failure of the protests and their consequences were examined.The author revealed the relationship of the Bolshevik oppositionists with the category of deprived people, their similarities in methods of protest and differences in the goals that prompted it.