What did Trotsky do for Russia?

From March 1918 to January 1925, Trotsky headed the Red Army as People’s Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs and played a vital role in the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922. He became one of the seven members of the first Bolshevik Politburo in 1919.

How took over from Stalin?

After Stalin died in March 1953, he was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and Georgi Malenkov as Premier of the Soviet Union.

Who took power after Khrushchev?

Nikita Khrushchev
Preceded by	Georgy Malenkov (de facto)
Succeeded by	Leonid Brezhnev
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
In office 27 March 1958 – 14 October 1964

What is Trotskyism and why is it bad?

Thanks to Stalin, “Trotskyism” soon became a term of opprobrium for elitism, factionalism, and a lack of connectedness to the masses of workers and peasants. During the mid-1920s, Trotsky responded to these developments by calling for a restoration of workers’ democracy within the Communist Party.

Who was Leon Trotsky’s enemy?

Although history rightly remembers Joseph Stalin as Trotsky’s chief rival and later mortal enemy, in the early 1920s Stalin passed unnoticed by many observers. He had been a “barely perceptible shadow,” as Trotsky put it.

What was Stalin’s advantage in the struggle for power?

In a centralized one-party state, a man of Stalin’s ambitions who held so many key positions had an enormous advantage in the struggle for power.

How deep was Trotsky’s wound?

The wound inflicted was three inches deep. Reeling, the old revolutionary found the strength to fight back against the assassin. Trotsky prevented Mercader from inflicting another, fatal blow and battled for his life until his bodyguards arrived.