Leon Trotsky, communist theorist and agitator who unsuccessfully struggled against Joseph Stalin for power in the Soviet Union after Vladimir Lenin’s death.
The article examines the part played by Leon Trotsky in establishing the principles on which Soviet historical writing on the Russian Revolution was carried on, including the practice of making programmatic versions of events universally obligatory. It also investigates the manner in which the ...
Leon Trotsky - Exile, Assassination, Revolution: In January 1928 Trotsky and his principal followers were exiled to remote parts of the Soviet Union, Trotsky himself being assigned to Alma-Ata (now Almaty) in Central Asia. In January 1929 Trotsky was ban
Which of the following is NOT true about Leon Trotsky? A. He was a RussianMarxistrevolutionary and theorist, and the founder of theRed Army. B. He lost in the fiercer power struggles against Joseph Stalin and was expelled for Siberia forever. C. He worked together with Lenin to organ...
He became a major figure in the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War (1918–1922).After leading a failed struggle of the Left Opposition against the policies and rise of Joseph Stalin in the 1920s and against the increasing role of bureaucracy in the Soviet Union, Trotsky was removed ...