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Leon Trotsky was the first leader of the Red Army. He joined the Bolsheviks before and soon after became one of their leaders.
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Why did Leon Trotsky fail to gain power?
He was isolated by Stalin, and basically made a public enemy. Since he had little to no support from the Soviet government, he was easily over-powered.
What were the initial arguments posed by Leon Trotsky on the Bolshevik Party?
Leon Trotsky was a valid Marxist until the time came to throw his support to the Bolsheviks. As a Menshevik, he made it clear that Lenin had created an organization which incorrectly led the Party as a whole. Trotsky's foresight was remarkable. Later, the Central Committee of the "organization" takes control of the movement. And finally, Lenin or another dictator becomes, in essence the Central Committee. Trotsky's vision was remarkable and of course it all came to pass as he foresaw it would. For the sake of the movement, clearly the Menscheviks understood the situation.
Who was Leon Trotsky?
Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary * Born: 7 November 1879 * Birthplace: Yanovka, Ukraine * Died: 21 August 1940 (assassination by ice axe) * Best Known As: V.I. Lenin's right-hand man Name at birth: Lev Davidovich Bronstein A key figure in the creation of the Soviet Union, Leon Trotsky was later unseated and expelled by the ruthless Joseph Stalin. As a young man Trotsky became a disciple of Karl Marx and a friend of future Bolshevik leader V.I. Lenin. A powerful writer and political thinker, Trotsky used his pen to oppose the rule of Czar Nicholas II and so spent much of his adult life in prison or in foreign exile, writing for communist newspapers and journals. He was Lenin's right-hand man in the Russian Revolution of 1917; Trotsky became commissar of war (1918-25) and organized the victorious Red Army in the civil war that followed. After the formation of the Soviet Union and then Lenin's death in 1924, Trotsky lost out in a power struggle with Stalin; he was exiled to Kazakhstan in 1927 and expelled to Turkey in 1929. In 1937 Trotsky settled in Mexico at the behest of artist Diego Rivera. He was assassinated at his villa in 1940 by a probable agent of Stalin, Ramon Mercader, who posed as a friend of Trotsky's and then killed him with the blow of an ice axe to his head. He used the name Leon Trotsky while escaping from Russian prison in Siberia in 1902, and kept the name for the rest of his life... Trotsky was played by Richard Burton in The Assassination of Leon Trotsky (1972) and by Geoffrey Rush in Frida, the 2002 film about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (she was married to Diego Rivera)... Trotsky was represented by Snowball the pig in George Orwell's allegorical 1945 novel Animal Farm... Trotsky was born on 26 October in the old Julian calendar; the Soviet Union made the switch to the Gregorian calendar in 1918, and Trotsky was born on 7 November in that reckoning. He got the name Trotsky from a café named Trotsky's in Russia due to the café used to be where he and his associates used to go to plan and talk. This is true and valid information as i am a distant family member of Leon through my grandmothers side and the owner of the café is the grandfather of one of my close family friends. Source: Answers.com His connections with some of the leading anarchist magazines and their editors. One editor being Lenin who was the leader of the Bolsheviks that eventually gained full power over the USSR.
Where was Leon Trotsky buried?
Trotsky was in Sukhum recuperating and receiving treatment for an illness. He had been on a train to Sukhum and was in the railway station at Tiflis when he received a telegram from Stalin that Lenin had died. Trotsky telephoned Moscow and was told the funeral would be on the coming Saturday, that he could not make it back in time and that he should remain there taking his treatments. They had lied to Trotsky about the date. The funeral was actually held on Sunday, one day later. Trotsky could easily have made it back to Moscow by then. Stalin deliberately misled Trotsky as to the date of the funeral to make Trotsky look bad in the eyes of the party members.
Who was Trotsky?
Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary * Born: 7 November 1879 * Birthplace: Yanovka, Ukraine * Died: 21 August 1940 (assassination by ice axe) * Best Known As: V.I. Lenin's right-hand man Name at birth: Lev Davidovich Bronstein A key figure in the creation of the Soviet Union, Leon Trotsky was later unseated and expelled by the ruthless Joseph Stalin. As a young man Trotsky became a disciple of Karl Marx and a friend of future Bolshevik leader V.I. Lenin. A powerful writer and political thinker, Trotsky used his pen to oppose the rule of Czar Nicholas II and so spent much of his adult life in prison or in foreign exile, writing for communist newspapers and journals. He was Lenin's right-hand man in the Russian Revolution of 1917; Trotsky became commissar of war (1918-25) and organized the victorious Red Army in the civil war that followed. After the formation of the Soviet Union and then Lenin's death in 1924, Trotsky lost out in a power struggle with Stalin; he was exiled to Kazakhstan in 1927 and expelled to Turkey in 1929. In 1937 Trotsky settled in Mexico at the behest of artist Diego Rivera. He was assassinated at his villa in 1940 by a probable agent of Stalin, Ramon Mercader, who posed as a friend of Trotsky's and then killed him with the blow of an ice axe to his head. He used the name Leon Trotsky while escaping from Russian prison in Siberia in 1902, and kept the name for the rest of his life... Trotsky was played by Richard Burton in The Assassination of Leon Trotsky (1972) and by Geoffrey Rush in Frida, the 2002 film about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (she was married to Diego Rivera)... Trotsky was represented by Snowball the pig in George Orwell's allegorical 1945 novel Animal Farm... Trotsky was born on 26 October in the old Julian calendar; the Soviet Union made the switch to the Gregorian calendar in 1918, and Trotsky was born on 7 November in that reckoning. Source: Answers.com
What is a historical figure?
a person who has made a story line in history or impacted history
Why was leon trotsky important?
he lead the red army in victory over the white army in the russian civil war and was supposed to be next in power, but stalin's supporters made sure he didn't. soon he was sent to exile were he was murdered in Mexico on August 21, 1940 with an ice axe.
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Why did Lenin hate Stalin?
Stalin saw Leon Trotsky as a threat to his power as the Soviet leader. Trotsky had been a vocal critic of Stalin and Stalin's so-called "communists". Stalin had Trotsky exiled and later assassinated. Even in exile, Trotsky was considered as a major threat by Stalin. Trotsky's ideas were being spread around the world in Marxist circles. Stalin believed he had to liquidate the Marxist Trotsky.
What was Leon Trotsky's view concerning agreements made with social democracies?
In exile, Leon Trotsky gave his views to radical socialist revolutionary parties. He concluded that election agreements with a social democratic government that contained compromises usually worked to the advantage of the government. On the other hand, he believed that agreements with these same types of governments that allowed for mass action, for useful to revolutionary parties in that these actions aided class struggle goals.
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