Leon Trotsky

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Leon Trotsky

• by Jennifer and Michelle P

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Biography

• Born Yanovka, Ukraine on November 7th, 1879
• Died August 20th, 1940
• Parents
• David Leont'evich Bronshtein
• Anna L'vovna Bronshtein
• A Russian Jewish revolutionary leader
• Soviet politician
• 14 years old introduced to Marxism in Nikolayev
• 1897 organized the underground South Russian
  Workers' Union
• January 1898 Arrested
• 1890 deported to Siberia married Alexandra
  Lvovna (had 2 daughters)
• 1892l escaped and went to London alone.
• Joined the Social Democratic Party
• Met and worked with a group of Marxists producing
  the journal Iskra.

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Biography

• 1903 Married Natalya Sedova (had two sons Leon
  and Sergei Sedov)
• A part of the Mensheviks from 1903 - 1917
• 2nd congress of the Social Democratic Party
• May 1917 he went back to Russia
• Joined the Bolsheviks in 1917
• Founder and first leader of the Red Army
• A close friend of Lenin

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Relationship with Lenin

• Both against Mensheviks, Provisional Government,
  and Social Revolutionaries
• They were in the Bolsheviks together since July
  1917
• Appointed to be the commissar for foreign affairs
  by Lenin for the Bolsheviks in November 1917
• Appointed Commissar of War by Lenin in 1918
• Reached success together (Trotsky was in charge
  when Lenin was hiding during the July Days)

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Relationship with Lenin

• Won the Civil War because he created a strong
  force of army with Lenins Red Army
• Won over the White Army (a volunteer army created
  by Kornilov to fight the Bolsheviks after the
  Kornilov plot in September 1917)

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Kornilov Plot

• Kerensky was scared that Kornilov would take all
  the credits for his action with his army
• Kerensky had to ask the Bolsheviks for help
• He gave the Bolsheviks weapons
• The Bolsheviks did what was asked of them, which
  was to convince the Kornilovs army to desert
  him.
• Held on to the weapons that were given to them
  and took control of the country.

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Relationship with Stalin

• They are both in rivalry
• Stalin didnt like that Trotsky became leader of
  Bolsheviks after Lenins death
• Stalin used Trotskys past to get him out of the
  group
• Gregory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev
• Trotsky was removed from power in 1925 because of
  Stalin

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Relationship with Stalin

• Moved to Turkey, France, Norway, then Mexico
• Stalin caused the deaths of Trotskys children
  (Sergei Leon Sedov)
• In April, 1937, Trotsky appeared before a
  commission of inquiry in New York headed by John
  Dewey. Trotsky was found not guilty of the
  charges of treason being made by Stalin.
• Trotsky was killed by Ramon Mercader who was
  under Stalins order using an ice pick

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Contribution to Russias History

• Led the Civil war to a success for the Bolsheviks
• United Front
• Permanent Revolution
• Trotskys conception on Marxist

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Bibliography

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• "The White Army." Spartacus Educational. Web. 27
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