Leon Trotsky• Born in Ukraine, father was a Jewish

farmer• Began working for underground

organizations as a teenager• Exiled to Siberia where he became a

Socialist; escaped Siberia, spent next 15 years in Europe

• 1903, Party split into Bolsheviks (majority-Lenin leader) and Mensheviks (minority-Trotsky leader)

• After February Revolution in 1917, he returned to Russia and made peace with Lenin, once again a Bolshevik

• First appt in the new Soviet gov’t was foreign commissar—negotiated the peace with Germany after WW1

How would you describe this man?

• Built up the Red Army (Soviet Army) which defeated the Russian Military’s White Army in the Civil War

• He saw himself as Lenin’s heir apparent but when Lenin died, Stalin easily took over control of the Soviet Union

• He was exiled and went to Mexico in 1936• In 1940, an assassin, on orders of Stalin, stabbed

Trotsky with an ice pick• Trotsky died the next day

summary russian rev and the czar

Who Was/What Was What did they do?/What happened? Impact on the Revolution Domino Effect/How did it impact what happened next

Czar Nicholas II

Karl Marx

Czar Alexander II

Son of Alex IIIRuled Russia 1894-March 2, 1917

Created Duma and a written Constitution—took it away, created secret police, executed in 1918

Clueless & poor leader who caused/contributed to Rev –neglect of poor (90%)created recipe for Rev

His inability to conform led to hatred for him and his family