Chapter 2: Trotsky

Question 1

When was Trotsky born

Answer 1

1879

Question 2

What type of family was Trotsky born into?

Answer 2

Well off Jewish family

Question 3

When did Trotsky join other Marxists in London whilst escaping from Siberia?

Answer 3

1902

Question 4

What did Trotsky do in 1902

Answer 4

Joined Lenin and Other Marxists in London whilst escaping from Siberia

Question 5

Why was Trotsky exiled to Siberia

Answer 5

Joined a revolutionary group

Question 6

How did Trotsky gain a reputation of a revolutionary?

Answer 6

In St Petersburg Soviet of November in 1905,he organised general strike amongst workers

Question 7

What did Trotsky do in 1905?

Answer 7

Organised general strike amongst workers for St Petersburg Soviet

Question 8

How did Trotsky draw in crowds?

Answer 8

Really good speaking skills

Question 9

What was the impact of Trotskys speaking skills?

Answer 9

Draw crowds towards his point of view

Question 10

Who was Trotsky more popular with within the party?

Answer 10

Younger and more radical section of the party

Question 11

When did Trotskys speaking skills do in 1917?

Answer 11

Gained support during the October Revolution

Question 12

What allowed Trotsky to have a strong power base?

Answer 12

Commissar of Army

Question 13

What did Trotsky bring the Commissar of Army mean?

Answer 13

Strong power base in the Army

Question 14

What did Trotsky plan for the Bolsheviks and secure?

Answer 14

Planned Bolsheviks takeover and secured Bolsheviks pain

Question 15

When did Trotsky restructure the Red Army?

Answer 15

1918-21

Question 16

What did Trotsky do between 1918-21?

Answer 16

Restructured Red Army

Question 17

Who was Trotsky sided with in 1903?

Answer 17

Mensheviks

Question 18

Why did Trotsky and Lenin clash?

Answer 18

Rejected disciplined, secretive and professional political party

Question 19

In what year was Trotsky sided with the Mensheviks?

Answer 19

1903

Question 20

What did Lenin and Trotsky see eye to eye about?

Answer 20

Disciplining the Red army

Question 21

What did Trotsky become in Lenin’s government?

Answer 21

Principal lieutenant

Question 22

What did Lenin say about Trotsky in His testament?

Answer 22

No better communist

Most able man in The present central Committee

Question 23

Who described Trotsky as
No better communist
Most able man in The present central Committee

Answer 23

Lenin

Question 24

What allowed Trotsky to gain support from the young people and loyalty of the Red army

Answer 24

Victory in war and speeches

Question 25

What did Trotskys time in exile mean?

Answer 25

Most western leader

Question 26

What made Trotsky the most western leader?

Answer 26

Time in exile, in Paris, New York, London

Question 27

What was the impact of Trotsky being the most western leader?

Answer 27

Made enemies | In a country that had a strong sense of national pride and was very rural, this opposed Trotskys ideaology

Question 28

When did Trotsky join the Bolsheviks?

Answer 28

August 1917

Question 29

What happened to Trotsky in August 1917?

Answer 29

Joined Bolsheviks

Question 30

What did Lenin say about Trotsky in his testament?

Answer 30

Most able man in the present central committee | No better communist

Question 31

Who said this about Trotsky Most able man in the present central committee No better communist

Answer 31

Lenin

Question 32

Why did many resent Trotsky?

Answer 32

Joined the party later on and still gained Lenin’s trust and previously within the Mensheviks

Question 33

What was the characteristics of Trotsky?

Answer 33

Dismissive of other leading Bolshevik leaders | Arrogant

Question 34

What did people think Trotskys views would lead to?

Answer 34

Split in the Party

Question 35

What did Trotsky not like

Answer 35

Administrative work

Question 36

When was Trotsky diagnosed with fevers?

Answer 36

From 1923

Question 37

What happened from 1923?

Answer 37

Trotsky diagnosed with fever

Question 38

What did Trotsky being sick mean?

Answer 38

unable to handle or control political attacks by his enemies as well as absent from important votes in the Politburo

Question 39

Strengths of Trotsky:

Answer 39

``` Formidable political skills Ruthless Organised Theoretician and ideologist Inspiring speech maker Second to Lenin Had the red army at his disposal Successful leadership during civil war and the October revolution ```

Question 40

Weakness of Trotsky:

Answer 40

Arrogant Dismissive of those viewed inferior Previously a Mensheviks Made no serious attempt to gain a power base Didn’t get involved in party administration and therefore a failure to build a base Made a serious errors of judgment