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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.
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Who was Stalin's rival for control of russia in the late 1920s?
Leon Trotsky.
Which year was Leon Trotsky murdered?
Leon Trotsky was murdered in 1940.
Who was Joseph Stalin's primary opponent for control of the Soviet Union?
Joseph Stalin's rival for control of the Soviet Union was Leon Trotsky. Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 and over the next 5 years Stalin would kill or otherwise remove all of his political opponents and rivals and exile Trotsky. He eventually had Trotsky assassinated in Mexico City in 1940.
In which country was Leon Trotsky stabbed?
Trotsky was murdered in Mexico.
Who was Joseph Stalin enemy?
Politically, Leon Trotsky was Stalin's greatest enemy, because after Vladimir Lenin's death, Trotsky was supposed to succeed Lenin. Stalin managed to eliminate him as a rival for power, exile him and eventually have him murdered. Militarily, Adolf Hitler was his greatest enemy, because Hitler had the German Army attack Russia in World War 2. The German Army nearly defeated the Soviet Union. Stalin might have been thrown out of power had Germany won.
Who was Stalin 's main rival?
After Vladimir Lenin died, Stalin's rivals for power were Leon Trotsky, Grigori Zinoviev, Lev Kamenev and Nikolai Bukharin.
Who was Stalin's rival for control of russia in the late 1920s?
Leon Trotsky.
Who was campaigning against Stalin?
Stalin's biggest rival was Leon Trotsky.
Did Trotsky regain power after being exiled?
After he was exiled, Leon Trotsky never returned to power. He was murdered while in Mexico.
Who was the communist leader who competed with Stalin for power?
Leon Trotsky
Communost leader who competed with Stalin for power?
Leon Trotsky.
Which year was Leon Trotsky murdered?
Leon Trotsky was murdered in 1940.
Who was opposed by Leon Trotsky?
Joseph Stalin opposed Trotsky in their struggle for power after Vladimir Lenin died in 1924.
Who were the leaders of the bolshevik leaders of the Russian revolution?
Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky.
Why was Trotsky exiled from Russia?
Leon Trotsky posed a threat to Joseph Stalin's hold on the power in Russia after Lenin's death. Many Bolshevik leaders supported Trotsky's philosophy of "permanent revolution" while others supported Stalin's policy of "socialism in one country." Stalin allied himself with Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev against Trotsky and eventually had enough people loyal to him to expel Trotsky from the Communist Party. Trotsky continued to criticize Stalin and tried to line up support against Stalin. Stalin knew the only way to completely eliminate Trotsky as a rival would be to get him out of the country entirely, so Trotsky was exiled to Turkey.Trotsky was exiled because of his opposition to Stalin.The excuse Stalin gave for the exile of Trotsky was that he did not go to Lenins funeral-but Stalin idid not invite him to the funeral.
What did Leon Trotsky believe about repression to preserve a revolution?
Leon Trotsky believed that a revolutionary movement, once in power had to deal with the question of repression. For Trotsky the form of repression or the degree of repression was not one involved with principles. It was a matter of expediency.
Who was Joseph Stalin's primary opponent for control of the Soviet Union?
Joseph Stalin's rival for control of the Soviet Union was Leon Trotsky. Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 and over the next 5 years Stalin would kill or otherwise remove all of his political opponents and rivals and exile Trotsky. He eventually had Trotsky assassinated in Mexico City in 1940.
