Lenin's death, trotsky vs. stalin
Notes
- Lenin set up common tern, to spread the communist revolution world wide
- Led to deals signed with other countries to rebuild
- Treaty of Rapallo, Russians made war material for Germans ( breaking the treaty of Versailles)
- Received steel manufacturing tech from Germany
- 1922 Bolshevik Party became the Communist Party
- Russia became the Soviet Union ( USSR)
- Lenin gets shot 1921 never fully recovers and dies Jan. 1924
- Power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky
- "Guns or Butter" debate on heavy industry or consumer goods
- Struggle continues for 3 years
- Stalin held possession of general Secretary which made him successful as he appointed people that were loyal to him, and he was the leader of propaganda
- Expels Trotsky from Soviet Union, put on trial for treason in Abstentia
- Hunted down in Mexico City and killed with an icepick through the ear
- Lenin set up common tern, to spread the communist revolution world wide
- Led to deals signed with other countries to rebuild
- Treaty of Rapallo, Russians made war material for Germans ( breaking the treaty of Versailles)
- Received steel manufacturing tech from Germany
- 1922 Bolshevik Party became the Communist Party
- Russia became the Soviet Union ( USSR)
- Lenin gets shot 1921 never fully recovers and dies Jan. 1924
- Power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky
- "Guns or Butter" debate on heavy industry or consumer goods
- Struggle continues for 3 years
- Stalin held possession of general Secretary which made him successful as he appointed people that were loyal to him, and he was the leader of propaganda
- Expels Trotsky from Soviet Union, put on trial for treason in Abstentia
- Hunted down in Mexico City and killed with an icepick through the ear
Quote: “The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.”-Leon Trotsky
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BIG Question
Who was the most influential leader and why?
Summary
As a result of Lenin's death there was a power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky, because Stalin was leader of the propaganda he took leadership and was very harsh but a strong leader. Stalin expelled Trotsky and framed him, made him out to be a traitor and later sent men to find him and kill him with an ice pick through the ear in Mexico.
Who was the most influential leader and why?
Summary
As a result of Lenin's death there was a power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky, because Stalin was leader of the propaganda he took leadership and was very harsh but a strong leader. Stalin expelled Trotsky and framed him, made him out to be a traitor and later sent men to find him and kill him with an ice pick through the ear in Mexico.