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When did Leon Trotsky rise to power?
Trotsky never did reign over Russia. Lenin did at first after the Revolution. Then Lenin became ill and Joseph Stalin, Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev ruled together. After Lenin died, Trotsky was supposed to take over according to papers left behind by Lenin, but Stalin prevented that and forced Trotsky first out of the Communist Party then out of the country.
Who were the leaders of the bolshevik leaders of the Russian revolution?
Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky.
How were Lenin and Trotsky linked?
Lenin was leader of Bolsheviks and Trotsky was second in command until Lenin died in 1924. Lenin had appointed Trotsky People's Commissar for External Affairs after the October Revolution. Then, when the Russian Civil War broke out, Lenin appointed him Commissar of War. Lenin had picked Trotsky over Stalin to succed him but Trotsky lost out to Stalin and others for the right to succeed Lenin. Stalin managed to expel Trotsky from the Communist Party and then from the country. In 1940, Stalin had a Russian agent murder Trotsky.
The leader of the Bolsheviks was?
Bolshevik revolutionary leader was Leon Trotsky
Was Leon Trotsky Lenin's rival for power?
Stalin had always supported the Bolsheviks, while Trotsky only switched from the Menshevik party to the Bolshevik party after it was apparent that the Bolsheviks would win. Trotsky was a thinker with brilliant speeches, Stalin used force for votes. Trotsky led the army, while Stalin was the secretary. Stalin had great political appeal, but Trotsky had great militaristic and organisational appeal. Furthermore, Stalin was mentally and physically strong, but after Lenin's death, Trotsky began breaking down. The power struggle between the two sparked a conflict in which Trotsky fled the USSR but was later disposed.
Who stormed the winter palace?
Lenin or Trotsky
Who was Lenin's Minister of Defence?
Commisar trotsky
Who rivaled for control of the communist party when Lenin died?
The main persons vying for power were Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. There were others, such as Grigori Zinoviev and Nikolai Bukharin, but the first battle was between Trotsky and Stalin. Lenin favored Trotsky over Stalin, but Stalin was too entrenched in the Communist Party for Trotsky to win that struggle.
When Lenin died in 1924 who would replace him Stalin or Trotsky?
Lenin wanted Trotsky to succeed him, because he felt that Stalin was too power hungry and crude. Lenin even wrote that before he died, but Stalin found out about it and suppressed it. Stalin as Secretary General of the Communist Party had placed many people loyal to him in high party office and had allied himself with Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev (both of whom hated Trotsky). Trotsky found himself isolated and without support to succeed Lenin. Stalin, Zinoviev and Kamenev ruled after Lenin died, but Stalin gradually eliminated them too and took complete control in 1928.
Who was Lenin's right hand man?
Leon Trotsky.
Who was Stalin's main opponent as Lenin's successor?
Trotsky
Where did Stalin meet Lenin?
Many exiled Marxists and communists lived in safety in Western Europe. Trotsky first met Lenin in London. This was after Trotsky had served time in Siberia for revolutionary activities. They soon became friends and shared revolutionary ideas.
