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Leon Trotsky - career up until 1917
- Early life
- He was born Lev Davidoch Bronstein on November 71879 in Yanovka, Ukraine (then part of
Russia.
- Became involved in underground activities as teenager. Arrested, jailed
and exiled to Siberia. Here - he decided to join the Social Democratic
Party.
- Eventually escaped exile in Siberia and spent majority of the next 15 years travelling.
- Eventually escaped exile in Siberia and spent majority of the next 15 years travelling.
- He was born Lev Davidoch Bronstein on November 71879 in Yanovka, Ukraine (then part of
Russia.
- 1903 - Split of the Social Democratic Party
- Vladimir Lenin became leader of the Bolsheviks (majority fraction).
- Trotsky became a member of the Menshevik party (minority fraction).
- Developped his theory of
permanent revolution.
- Developped his theory of
permanent revolution.
- Vladimir Lenin became leader of the Bolsheviks (majority fraction).
- Trotsky's return to Russia
- Returned during February revolution (1917)
- Joined the Bolshevik party and
cooperated with Lenin despite
being rivals and encouraged the
communist take over.
- Joined the Bolshevik party and
cooperated with Lenin despite
being rivals and encouraged the
communist take over.
- Returned during February revolution (1917)
- Communist government
- His first job was Foreign Commissar. Here
he negotiated peace terms with Germany.
- Became war commissar - created the Red Army
who fought against the White Russian forces in
the Civil War.
- Important role in keeping Bolshevik party alive. Saw himself as equal to Lenin.
- Had few friends and was unpopular - arrogant and had Jewish heritage.
- Had few friends and was unpopular - arrogant and had Jewish heritage.
- Important role in keeping Bolshevik party alive. Saw himself as equal to Lenin.
- Became war commissar - created the Red Army
who fought against the White Russian forces in
the Civil War.
- His first job was Foreign Commissar. Here
he negotiated peace terms with Germany.
- Lenin's death
- After Lenin died, Trotsky was outvoted by Stalin.
- He was thrown out of the part in 1927.
- Exiled both internally and externally but continued to
criticise Stalin through his writing.
- Exiled both internally and externally but continued to
criticise Stalin through his writing.
- He was thrown out of the part in 1927.
- After Lenin died, Trotsky was outvoted by Stalin.
- Death
- Settled in Mexico in 1936.
- August 20th 1940, assassin called Ramon Mercader, as
ordered by Stalin, stabbed Trotsky with an ice pick and
he died the following day.
- Settled in Mexico in 1936.
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