Leon Trotsky By Maureen, Emma, and Joey
About Trotsky Birth date- October 26, 1879 Birthplace- Yanovka, Ukraine Religion- Jewish Education- Jewish school and state school in Odessa
Family Father: - David Bronshtein - Illiterate - Farmer Mother: - Anna from Odessa - Modest education - Had 8 children
Trotsky and Animal Farm Snowball Young, smart, good speaker, idealistic Wanted to make life better for all animals One of leaders of the animals revolution Chased away into exile by Napoleon's dogs Leon Trotsky Other leader of "October Revolution" A pure communist Wanted to improve life in Russia Lenins secret policy chased him away
Revolutionary Lev Lev Davidovich Bronstein Founded South Russia Workers Union Founded Russian Social Democratic Labor Party Arrested for political activity and sent to Siberia Escaped and changed name to Leon Trotsky Met Lenin in London
Lenin and Trotsky Joined the staff of Iskra (communist newspaper) Had Respect for each other Split into leading two different groups (Trotsky was among Menshevik leaders and Lenin lead Bolsheviks
Time Line
Return To Russia Trotsky returns to Russia Participated in the first Russian Revolution Elected President of the St Petersburg Soviet He and many others were arrested and were deported to Western Siberia
Central Committee In 1908 he escaped Siberia and met Stalin Went back to Russia Became member of the Central committee of the Bolshevik party Trotsky was second in command (behind Lenin) Was appointed leader People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs Found Red Army Became ill and died in 1924