1. Leon Bronstein
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2. Childhood Lev Davidovich Bronstein Born to a well off Jewish farmer
At 9, he went to school in Odessa

3. Schooling of a revolutionary
Enrolled in secondary school at Nikolayev
For the first months he focused on his studies
Opposed socialist ideas

5. The Orchard (1896)
It was in a hut where Trotsky first began to attend socialist meetings and discuss the ideas of the time
Trotsky still had not read Marxism at this point in time

6. The girl in the hut
Bronstein constantly got into arguments with Alexandra Sokolovskaya, a Marxist
He insulted her and tried to cling to his beliefs regarding socialism
One day he entered the hut and said that she had converted him, BUT…

8. The Library Rebellion
The library board was trying to raise user’s fees
The orchard group rallied the public and overthrew the board

9. Spring of 1897 Protests and demonstrations all across the country
In March, a student-girl was imprisoned for her political convictions
Committed suicide by burning herself in her cell

10. South Russian Workers Union (1897)
Religious sectors of the working class quarters
Group numbered 200 people
Locksmiths, electricians, seamstresses, students
Alexandra returned to join the group

12. Nashe Delo (Our Cause) These were leaflets handed out by the Union
Talked about local conditions, conditions in factories, abuses by employers

14. Arrested Developments
Trotsky was soon arrested
Jailed in Kherson
Other members of the group were tortured
Many committed suicide

15. Isolation and nasty conditions
Unheated, unaired cell
Lots of vermin (rats, bugs)
He was not allowed out to exercise
Straw mattress

16. Exiled to Siberia Sentenced to 4 years in Siberia
First stopped at a prison in Moscow

17. Stopover in Moscow It was here he first learned of Lenin
Bronstein continued to argue and write
Organized protests against the jail authorities
“Hat protest”

18. Trotsky organizing in jail
“Hat Protest”
Prisoner solidarity
Solitary confinement

19. Ust-Kut is lovely in the springtime
Dirt, peasants
Mosquitoes
Vermin
Vodka

20. Demonstrations at universities Strikes in factories Bogolepov shot
Spring 1901
Demonstrations at universities
Strikes in factories
Bogolepov shot

21. Too much studying = protest
Demonstrations at universities
Strikes in factories
Bogolepov shot

22. A Frankenstein revolution

23. A Frankenstein revolution
While in Siberia, Trotsky began to argue that the Revolution needed to be controlled by a strong central committee
This is very similar to what Marx and Engels stated in the Communist Manifesto

24. Bye Bye Bronstein His wife urged him to escape from Siberia
Made his way to Irkustk
Then to London

26. Trotsky is born Hid in a hay cart Had to assume a false identity
Traveled through Germany

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28. Knockin on Lenin’s door
Hello Mr. Richter
Trotsky was knocking on the door of history
30 Holford Square
Knockin on Lenin’s door