Essays Tagged: "Leon Trotsky"
A Description of what went on during the Russian Civil War
ars. Vladimir Lenin was elected chairman and other appointments included leading Bolsheviks such as Leon Trotsky (Foreign Affairs) Alexei Rykov (Internal Affairs), Anatoli Lunacharsky (Education) and ... d east of the Volga. The White Army also won battles at Simbirsk and Kazan.Vladimir Lenin appointed Leon Trotsky as commissar of war and was sent to rally the Red Army in the Volga. Trotsky proved to ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Why did Stalin take power and not Trotsky? The power struggle between the Bolshevik after Lenin's death.
power struggle emerged in the party with all the main powers in the party in the running including Leon Trotsky and Stalin.Stalin had had a very harsh upbringing in Gorgia where his often drunken fat ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
"Animal Farm-Russian Revolution" by George Orwell.
t, Snowball. Snowball reflects the historical figure Lev Davidovich Bronstein (1879-1940), known as Leon Trotsky, from the Russian Revolution.Snowball was one of the organizers of Animal Farm after th ... , Snowball had been preparing and teaching the other animals about it. ''These three [Snowball, Napoleon and Squealer] had elaborated old Major's teachings into a complete system of thought, to which ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Assess the contribution of Leon Trotsky to the consolidation of communism in the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1928.
Assess the contribution of Leon Trotsky to the consolidation of communism in the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1928.The successful ... period of 1917 to 1928 can be largely attributed to the masterful orator and intellectual that was Leon Trotsky. Throughout this period he successfully premeditated the Bolshevik accession into power ... unist ideology and the foothold it had gained in Russia.Born in 1879 to a Jewish landowning family, Leon Bronstein showed signs of a promising future. By the age of 18 he had become attracted to the M ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Comparison between characters in George Orwells novel "animal Farm" and real life political figures in the time of soviet russia.
cause of the way he portrays certain characters in the novel. Such as snowball being represented as Leon Trotsky, old major being represented as , and the ruthless leader of the farm napoleon represen ... poleon representing the leader of the U.S.S.R. Josef starlin.After the rebellion of manor farm, napoleon declared himself the ruler or the animals and the estate. He also renamed the property Animal f ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors
Trotsky's career.
(i)Describe the main events in the career of Leon TrotskyTrotsky was sent to Odessa by his father, where he became an outstanding student in a Ge ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The Bolshevik Revolution
was a highly strategic military takeover, coordinated with the Second Congress of Soviets. However, Leon Davidovich Trotsky believed that if the Bolsheviks had attempted to revolt any later, they woul ... y believed that if the Bolsheviks had attempted to revolt any later, they would have failed. Leon Trotsky and Vladimir Lenin lead the Bolshevik's to victory on the night of November 7, 1917. Th ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
A who, what, when, where, and why on the Russian Revolution. Entitled: "The Russian Revolution: What Happened?"
e leader of the USSR.-His policies lead to industrialization, but at the cost of millions of lives.*Leon Trotsky-1879-1940-Russian Marxist, who organized the revolution that brought the Bolsheviks (la ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Napoleon compared to Joseph Stalin
regime of terror caused the death and suffering of tens of millions of people.The character of Napoleon best relates to Stalin. Napoleon was the most powerful pig on the farm. Napoleon also had a reg ... cation of the people greatly increased, most learned to read and write. Stalin ordered the exile of Leon Trotsky in fear of defeat. Under Napoleon's rule the farm became self sufficient and industrial ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Assess how Trotsky lost the leadership challenge in 1924/5.
n though Trotsky possessed such great leadership qualities he was one to make enemies quite easily. Leon Trotsky could easily be viewed as being arrogant, or also looking down on others that he didn't ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
WHY WAS THERE A CIVIL WAR IN RUSSIA IN 1918?
. The remainder went straight into town and rescued their comrades from the local red guards. After Leon Trotsky heard this, he ordered that the czech army be disarmed. They responded by joining the w ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Trotsky
hake off the imperialistic harness." (from Trotsky's speech on April 1919)Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Leon Trotsky) was born in Yanovka, Ukraine, as the son of an illiterateJewish farmer. Trotsky's fath ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Why did Lenin and Trotsky win the Russian civil war?
de of the peasants5. Propaganda6. Red terror- Cheka7. Allied WithdrawalJuring the Russian civil war Leon Trotsky played a major role. He was commander and chief of the red army, which fought on the si ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Joseph Stalin.
ary of the Soviet Communist Party in 1922; following the death of Vladimir Lenin, he prevailed over Leon Trotsky in a power struggle during the 1920s and fully consolidated his authority with the Grea ... slav Molotov. The repression of so many formerly high-ranking revolutionaries and party members led Leon Trotsky to claim that a "river of blood" separated Stalin's regime from that of Lenin.No segmen ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War
The true gist of "Animal Farm."
re all represent the Communists and Joseph Stalin becoming the ruling class of Russia. The pigs Napoleon and Snowball represent the two major politicians seeking control over Russia! These politicians ... sent the two major politicians seeking control over Russia! These politicians are Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky. As Stalin eliminated his competition, Napoleon does the same by having killer dogs cha ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
"Those who are inspired by an idealism rather than self interest make the biggest impact on History." To what extent does the study of Leon Trotsky support this view?
Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Leon Trotsky) has made a major impact on history. Trotsky, influenced by the ideals and beliefs of K ... sted in improving his own standing in the leadership lineage of Russia.However, during the study of Leon Trotsky, it is evident Trotsky was inspired by his idealism for a utopian international communi ... f communism, rather than his popularity and self - interest in power.To a major extent the study of Leon Trotsky supports the view of inspiration for the cause of communism rather than self - interest ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Account for the rise to power of Josef Stalin to ruler of the USSR by 1929.
from May 1922 to March 1923 which may have led to his death at the age of 54 on 21st January, 1924. Leon Trotsky, Grigory Zinoviev, Lev Kamenev, Nikolai Bukharin and Stalin fought to fill the politica ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Why were the Bolsheviks successful in October 1917?
oductionThe October Revolution was led by the Bolsheviks under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky and marked the first officially Communist revolution of the twentieth century, based up ... cial revolutionary activities in Petrograd were under the command of the Petrograd Soviet headed by Leon Trotsky and the Military Revolutionary Committee headed by Adolph Joffe. The revolution was wid ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Why did Trotsky not become the new leader of the Bolshevik party after Lenin's death?
racts promising not to create conflict in the party by making speeches attacking official policies. Leon Trotsky refused to sign and was exiled to the Turkish island of Prinkipo.On the 21st of Dec ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Stalin VS Trotsky
Before Lenin died, already there were two contenders for his place - the brilliant Leon Trotsky and the cunning Joseph Stalin. The most obvious choice would have been Trotsky, with hi ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History