Explain how Trotsky contributed to the success of the bolsheviks up untill 1922

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Sam Pedwell GCSE history coursework Russia question (a).

Explain how Trotsky contributed to the success of the bolsheviks up untill 1922.

In March 1917 Tsar Nicholas 2nd abdicated his position as ruler of Russia, thereby ending the long reign of tsars before him.

He gave way to a provisional government which had many promises for the war torn people of Russia.

However the provisional government’s reign was short-lived as on the 6th and 7th of November 1917 the Bolshevik party led by Lenin confirmed that they had seized control of Russia.

But Lenin and the Bolsheviks undoubtedly would not have been able to achieve all this were it not for the chairman of the military revolutionary committee Leon Trotsky.

I think that Trotsky played a key role in the success of the Bolsheviks many times right up until 1922 and Lenin’s death.

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The first significant event in which Trotsky proved himself as a loyal and Valuable member of the Bolshevik party was in the 1917 revolution.

Under orders from Lenin, Trotsky leading the Red Guard drew up plans to take over Key points such as Bridges, railway stations, banks, post offices and town halls in the capital city of st Petersburg, Petrograd.

It was Trotsky’s idea to use the congress to seize control of Russia and claim the best intentions of the people and soviet as his motive.

At this time back home in Russia Lenin was in hiding meaning that it ...

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