the left communists faded as the world revolutionary wave died down in militancy as lenin had proved too strong a figure. they also lost bukharin as a leading figure since his position became more right-wing until he eventually came to agree with lenin. being defeated in internal debates, they then dissolved. a few very small left communist groups surfaced within the rsfsr in the next few years, but later fell victim to repression by the state. in many ways, the positions of the left communists were inherited by the workers' opposition faction and gavril myasnikov's workers group of the russian communist party and to some extent by the decists.