Trotsky quickly became a leader in the Russian Revolution.
He officially joined the Bolshevik Party in August and allied himself with Lenin. With the success of the revolution, Lenin became the leader of the new Soviet government and Trotsky became second only to Lenin. This placed Trotsky in charge of the Red Army.
When Lenin suffered his first stroke in Mayquestions arose as to who would be his successor. However, when Lenin died inTrotsky was politically outmaneuvered by Stalin.
Leon Trotsky
From that point on, Trotsky was slowly but surely pushed out of important roles in the Soviet government and, shortly thereafter, he was pushed out of the country. Over the next seven years, Trotsky lived in Turkey, France, and Norway until he finally arrived in Mexico in Writing prolifically during his exile, Trotsky continued to criticize Stalin. Stalin, on the other hand, named Trotsky as the major conspirator in a fabricated plot to remove Stalin from power. All were found guilty and executed.
Stalin then sent henchmen to assassinate Trotsky. Although Trotsky and his family were home, all survived the attack. On August 20,Trotsky was not so lucky. Trotsky died of his injuries a day later, at age Ultimately, though, he lost his power struggle with Stalin—and with it, any chance he might have had to succeed Lenin and lead the Soviet Union, which Stalin ruled, brutally, for decades.
The Soviet Union, как зарабатывать в бк леон Trotsky and Stalin both fought to establish, is no more, of course. But, even during the pinnacle of that state, Trotsky was oddly rarely remembered. Trotsky wanted to wait out the German government, in hopes that it would be defeated by the Allies or suffer internal insurrection. However, Lenin felt that peace with Germany needed to be made so they could concentrate on building a communist government in Russia.
Trotsky disagreed and resigned from this post. After the Bolsheviks took control of the Soviet government, Lenin ordered the formation of the Red Army and appointed Leon Trotsky its leader.
Trotsky proved to be an outstanding military leader, as he led the army of 3 million to victory. The task was difficult, as Trotsky directed a war effort that was at times on 16 different fronts.
Лев Троцкий - Leon Trotsky
In latethe Bolsheviks finally won the Civil War, ensuring Bolshevik control of the Soviet government. After the White Army surrendered, Trotsky was elected a member of the Communist Party central committee. During the winter ofas the Soviet government moved from war to peace-time operations, an increasingly acrimonious debate grew over the role of trade unions.
Believing that the workers should have nothing to fear from the government, Trotsky advocated the state control the trade unions. He reasoned that this would give officials a tighter control over labor and facilitate a greater integration between government and the proletariat.
Lenin criticized Trotsky, accusing him of harassing the unions and abandoning his support for the proletariat. A breach between the two developed and other officials, including Joseph Stalin, took advantage, siding with Lenin to gain favor.
As Trotsky dug in and refused to modify his position, the dissention grew and Lenin feared the conflict would splinter the party. Trotsky finally dropped his opposition and, to show his allegiance to Lenin, ordered the suppression of the Kronstadt Rebellion an uprising of sailors and longshoremen protesting heavy-handed Bolshevik tactics. But the damage was done, and Trotsky had lost much of his political influence over the dispute. Bythe pressures of revolution and injuries from an earlier assassination attempt had taken their toll on Lenin.
In May, he suffered his first stroke and questions arose over who would succeed him.
Trotsky had a stellar record as a military leader and administrator and seemed the obvious choice among the rank and file membership of the Communist Party. Though not a significant post at the time, it gave Stalin control over all party-member appointments.
Leon Trotsky (1879 - 1940)
He quickly consolidated his power and started lining up allies against Trotsky. However, a third stroke virtually silenced Lenin and Stalin was free to completely push Trotsky out of power. Lenin died on January 21,and Trotsky was isolated and alone, outmaneuvered by Stalin.
From that point on, Trotsky was steadily pushed out of important roles on Soviet government and, eventually, pushed out of the country. In OctoberTrotsky was expelled from the Central Committee and exiled the following January to the very remote Alma-Ata, located in present-day Kazakhstan. His first post in the new government was as foreign commissar, where he found himself negotiating peace terms with Germany. He was then made war commissar and in this capacity, built up the Red Army which prevailed against the White Russian forces in the civil war.
Thus Trotsky played a crucial role in keeping the Bolshevik regime alive. When Lenin fell ill and died, Trotsky was easily outmanoeuvred by Stalin. Inhe was thrown out of the party. Internal and then foreign exile followed, but Trotsky continued to write and to criticise Stalin.
Trotsky settled in Mexico in He died the next day.