Question by Hey S: What are some things that make Leon Trotsky an important individual in history?
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Answer by Tampiqueñita
He showed the importance of the diary life. And of course the important period of history he lived. Now develop this.
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Spellbound *JPA RIP says
Trotsky was the chairman of the the Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet. It was this organisation that, under Lenin's direction, that staged the takeover of the state known as the October Revolution.
As the Revolution descended into Civil War, Trotsky was given the task of organising the Bolshevik Red Army to fight the anti-Bolshevik forces, the Whites and other groups hostile to the Bolshevik takeover – including the UK, USA, France and Japanese who took over ports around the country trying to force Russia back into WWI – and later to try to depose the new regime.
After the Civil War he was considered one of the front runners for the role of leading the country after the death of Lenin – but he fell foul of the master manipulator (who hated his popularity, his organisational skills and was wary that the army may be loyal to him – Stalin). Stalin had him exiled from the Soviet Union in 1929.
Trotsky wrote a number of books, articles and pamphlets decrying what had happened to the revolution and proposed alternative policies for the country – leading to the branch of communism known as Trotskyism. Stalin took action against him, and, in 1940, in Mexico, he was stabbed to death.
See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/tro…
For an in depth examination of his life, works and ideas see: http://www.trotsky.net/
Faith isnt blind says
He was chief of the Soviet armed forces while they were fighting the British and White Russians after the revolution. He stood against Stalin and was exiled because of it, later Stalin had him assassinated in Mexico. BTW he was Freida Kahlo's lover.