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    English 3A 8 May 2012 Leon Trotsky: The Exiled Leon Trotsky was most acknowledged as Vladimir Lenin’s “assistant.” Trotsky was also known as Joseph Stalin’s archenemy. They disliked each other so much that when Stalin won over Trotsky‚ Stalin forced Trotsky into exiled. Trotsky was a great thinker‚ speaker‚ but not a great leader‚ since he let someone else lead him. Lev Davidovich Bronstein‚ which later was changed to Leon Trotsky‚ was born in Yanokva‚ Ukraine (Leon Trotsky (1879-1940)‚ 1). His

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    Trotsky was born Lev Davidovich Bronstein on November 7‚ 1879‚ in what is today known as Ukraine. He was the fifth child of a wealthy farmer‚ David Leontyevich Bronstein‚ and Anna Bronstein. The family was ethnically Jewish but not religious. At the age of nine‚ Trotsky was sent to Odessa to attend school‚ and as Deutscher points out in his biography‚ ‘Odessa was then a bustling cosmopolitan port city‚ very unlike the typical Russian city of the time. This environment contributed to the development

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    Leon Trotsky Leon Trotsky was a Russian leader of the Bolshevik revolution. He was born in the Ukraine with the name of Lev Davidovich Bronstein on November 7‚ 1879. As a young man he attended the school of Odessa. In 1897 he was arrested for two years and was then sentenced to Siberia because he had helped fund the South Russian Workers` Union. While in prison‚ he met his first wife Alexandra Lvovna with whom he had two daughters with. After he completed his two year sentence in prison Trotsky

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    3Leon Trotsky Research Paper http://hsc.csu.edu.au/modern_history/personalities/trotsky/3279/trotsky_index.htm Chapter 1 What three things do you find most difficult about individual research tasks? Finding useful/ correct Information Keeping up with work load Sourcing information What three things do you find easiest Quoting Research Falling behind on work load 1. Explain why the Bronstein’s decision to move to Yanova was so unusual At the time farming was unfamiliar livelihood for Russian

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    Leon Trotsky 1879 – 1940 Sonny Thomas “ Evaluate the significance of Trotsky’s contribution to Soviet Russia. Was he a practical idealist or a naïve revolutionary?” Introduction: Leon Trotsky‚ born Lev Davidovich Bronstein was one of the most foremost figures in the Russian revolution and civil war. Trotsky holds great significance to Soviet Russia as he provided both drive and organisation and is attributed to saving the Bolshevik revolution of November

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    Revolution‚ Leon Trotsky. They have many similarities like the fact that they were both exiled from the country or farm and were attacked by the tyrant that came after them. There are many similarities and differences between the two. The similarities outweigh the differences because Animal Farm was based off of the Russian Revolution. They both supported a revolution before it even happened. Snowball taught the principles of Animalism and that a Rebellion was inevitable(Orwell‚ 16). Trotsky did a

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    Leon Trotsky and Animal Farm Who was Leon Trotsky? A well-known democratic activist‚ a communist politician‚ and a military genius are phrases that describe this man. Trotsky was a diehard Marxist who believed in the communist reform of Russia in the early twentieth century. He rose to power by climbing up the political ladder with the support of Vladimir Lenin and fans of his famous views on government. The man is represented in‚ “Animal Farm” by Snowball‚ a pig who helps lead overworked and underfed

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    to power‚ Trotsky became the People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs and published the secret treaties previously signed by the Triple Entente that detailed plans for post-war reallocation of colonies and redrawing state borders. White Army propaganda poster depicting Trotsky as Satan‚ and portraying a xenophobic depiction of the Bolsheviks’ Asian supporters as mass murderers. The caption reads‚ "Peace and Liberty in Sovdepiya". Bolshevik propaganda portrait from 1918 depicting Trotsky as a modern-day

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    How far has the importance of Trotsky in creating political change in Russia in 1917 been exaggerated? We know that Leon Trotsky was crucial in creating political change in Russia in 1917. We know that in the 1917 Revolution‚ his great orating skills helped further the Bolshevik cause. This is shown in Source 76 with use of “oratorical talent‚ his organising ability‚ first with the army and then with the railways...” and this led to political change as his involvement sped up the Bolshevik take-over

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    Davidovich Bronshtein‚ later named Leon Trotsky‚ was born on November 7‚ 1879 was a revolutionary figure that helped to ignite the Russian Revolution‚ and built up the Red Army during the civil war. In his early days‚ Trotsky founded the South Russian Worker’s Union‚ leading to his imprisonment in Siberia. After Trotsky managed to escape from prison‚ he changed his name to Leon Trotsky‚ and was able to join Vladimir Lenin and the Socialist Democratic Party. By 1905 Leon Trotsky became the leader of the movement

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