‘Explain Trotsky’s contribution to the success of the Bolsheviks up to 1922? - page 1
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By cpfc08 on 26/05/2009
Level: GCSE Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11)
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‘Explain Trotsky’s contribution to the success of the Bolsheviks up to 1922.’
Leon Trotsky was born into a Jewish farming family in 1879, alike Lenin, Trotsky was a bright pupil and excelled in school. If Trotsky had not of done well at school then he may not have been the intelligent man that he was. Events such as the November revolution and preparing his troops for the civil war needed Trotsky’s intelligence and good thinking, without Trotsky’s will and desire at school then the Bolsheviks may not of succeeded in the things they did. Trotsky was to become a very politically involved man. In 1900 Trotsky he was arrested and in 1902 he escaped to London where he met Lenin who was to become his fellow compatriot in a lethal and ruthless partnership. They were to be the main men behind the successful uprising of the Bolsheviks.
In 1903 the communist party split into two groups, the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks to which at first Trotsky preferred the Mensheviks. In 1905 a group called the Soviets formed; they also did not favour the Tsar and were the main group that took part in the strikes on the 22nd January 1905. 1905 was to be the first time that Trotsky could really show everyone what he was about and what he wanted, which was to overthrow the Tsar. Trotsky was behind the start of a small revolution to get rid of the Tsar, it all started on ’bloody Sunday’ when 200,000 people marched through the streets of St. Petersburg to the Winter palace complaining of lack of work and food. When they got there many people were gunned down by the imperial guard. The place became a chaotic scene and there was a lot of commotion and confusion as to why the peaceful protesters were fired upon. This just sparked another series of strikes and protests to which Trotsky and the Soviets had organised. Trotsky was then imprisoned and then exiled for his part in organising the strikes and spreading revolutionary ideas. This time the attempt to get rid of the Tsar had failed, but this wasn’t to be the end of Trotsky, in 1917 he was back for more and this time he wanted to succeed.
During the long period from 1905-1917 Trotsky firstly became a Bolshevik activist in 1907. In August 1914 Russia entered the 1st war; Trotsky always had his say
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