any help would be great. websites etc thanx.
2006-10-02 08:00:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Trotsky had in effect already been cut out of the party leadership by the time of Lennin's death. His high level supporters had been reassigned to posts outside the military which precluded him from making an attempt to attempt to take over party leadership (couldn't be done without military support).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Trotsky
2006-10-02 08:05:34 · answer #1 · answered by toff 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stalin rose to power because he came to control the bureaucracy of both the Party and the Government in the years after the Civil War. It was his appointees that supported him in the power struggle at the time of and after Lenin's death. Hence his ability to suppress Lenin's Testament and to undermine Trotsky, who was seen as a would be Napoleon by many party members. Stalin also appealed to nationalist sentiment with his slogan of Socialism in One Country, while Trotsky's call for permanent revolution did not appeal in a country that was still recovering from WW1 and revolution.
Mailordermaven has got most of the rest right. See: The Revolution Betrayed written in 1936 for Trotsky's perspective.
As an interesting historical footnote read Rosa Luxemburg's critique of Leninism which predicts the rise of a Stalin-type figure.
2006-10-02 08:39:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lenin wrote a letter to the parliament,saying that Trotsky should be named as his successor, while Stalin should be gotten rid of. Stalin naturally hid this letter from the parliament to protect himself.
Stalin teamed up with Politburo members Kamenev and Zinoviev. They began to slam Trotsky, picking up all minor faults of his and raking up his past. They emphasised clearly on his Menshevik past and how he was but a newcomer to the party.
2006-10-02 08:11:55 · answer #3 · answered by MailorderMaven 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Easy the one who lost had the trotskys on the bog so missed the votes.
2006-10-02 08:03:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Haven't you read Orwell's Animal Farm? Basically Stalin got rid of him.
2006-10-02 08:08:15 · answer #5 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To put it bluntly or not Stalin had Troksky murdered(ICE AXE THROUGH HEAD) pass the Neurphens.
2006-10-02 08:13:32 · answer #6 · answered by Francis7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
trotsky died in 1933. the bolsheviks did for him... in mexico... i believe there was also a third contender..type USSR into google, or wikipaedia
2006-10-02 08:06:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋