Primary source #3 are illustrations created in 1919 as propaganda by the White Army that depict an anti-Semitic caricature of Trotsky as the Red Devil - the brutal and totalitarian dictator of the Red Army. Trotsky was known for his unforgiving policies in war and these unforgiving depictions simply accentuate this perspective. Source #3 is highly useful to historians attempting to understand the mentality of the White Army and their motivations during the Russian Civil War Period. The sheer severity of this comparison between Trotsky and the devil suggests that the White army was desperate to reduce Trotsky to an enemy of pure evil to evoke a religion-rooted reaction from its own soldiers.…
Animal Farm: Leon Trotsky Leon Trotsky was an activist of Russia. He helped ignite the Russian Revolution. Trotsky was also mentioned in a novel by George Orwell. This novel was known as Animal Farm. The novel was about a farm of animals who dreamed of living on the farm without being controlled by humans.…
After it ended, Lenin wanted to expand the communist/socialist ideas throughout Europe but Stalin, after taking power, industrialized the country. The government that he established after the revolution was great for economics and politics and leads to a powerful and economically strong country, with just leaders. But it also lead to the Cold War and many other internal conflicts. Both, the Mexican and the Russian Revolution had many evident differences.…
Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Russian Communist Party, and the Bolsheviks believed that violent revolution was the only way to overturn the government and avoid further development of liberalism in Russia. The authoritarian bent in Lenin’s thinking only got stronger and the Soviet Union became a dictatorship with a ruling central government. In the years following the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924, Stalin rose to become the leader of…
He enforced harsh discipline policies, including the death penalty to keep the troops in line. A ‘socialist’ oath also had to be sworn that said troops must be loyal and obey commands otherwise suffer severe consequences. This meant that troops were better kept under control than the white armies. Trotsky also helped bring success to the Bolsheviks as he could boost morale. He had good communications and relationships with political commissars and commanding officers and would praise those who did well.…
( “Leon Trotsky Biography”, n.d) . Inside the novel it states “ They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws. In a moment he was out of the door and they were after him.” (Orwell,1949, page 53.). They both killed the people who weren’t on their side and took advantage of the amendments that the people had rightfully earned through battle.…
“The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.” Leon Trotsky, Their Morals and Ours. An ethical theory is a set of principles that dictates what is right and wrong. Although they stem from morals, they are quite different. Morals are personal and and ethical theory is usually a society based set of morals.…
The Bolshevik Revolution was a very interesting war, it involved the middle-class people and the government. It was from March 8, 1917, to November 7, 1917, which is only about a month. From November 7, 1917, to November 8, 1917, it was a one day war it was like that because that was the Julian calendar which is a lot different from the Gregorian calendar. Hearing about other wars then knowing about this one it seems a lot shorter.…
Primitive communism was widespread in ancient times due to necessity. This form of communism in modern societies is now impractical. Much of early communist thought was based in religious ideals. Radicals sought to create a heaven on earth through Christian virtues such as simplicity, brotherhood, equality, and other such lofty goals. These groups often sought to escape the rest of society, rather than reform it in whole.…
By his side stood Trotsky. Lenin and Trotsky escaped from exile in 1907. Lenin therefore, built trust on Trotsky to the point where he put him in charge of the post offices and communications, bridges and state…
The development of one society is, to an extent, determined by the influences certain leaders have on the people in the times of hardship. It is simply a concept that is to convince a certain group of people to strive towards a specific goal or mission. Whether a Prophet, King, Writer, Leader of War, or a simple boy in society, they all can have an impact on ones society and forever more change the way people live in years to come. Isaiah was a Hebrew Prophet that lived about 700 years before the birth of Christ. Prophets are spiritual people who believe that they were chosen to teach people that God is in control and is worthy of everyone’s trust.…
(Wade, 206). They had then joined with the Soviets to get the support of the peasants, workers, and soldiers. In August 1917, Kornilov, a Russian general, had tried to steal the power from The Soviets with the Provisional Government’s support. Trotsky had then directed the Red Guards to defend the city, and to interrupt Kornilov from seizing power.…
Just like Napoleon, who re-wrote the history of Animal Farm after getting rid of his rival, Snowball, he changed Russian history by making himself part of important events, such as being responsible for the Russian victory in World War II. While his country starved, Stalin lived a lavish life and completely ruined Karl Marx’s ideas of communism, just like how Napoleon gained privileges from changing the commandments and also made a mockery of…
Lenin as the head of the Bolsheviks promised the Russian people that he would bring them “peace, land and bread”. Leon Trotsky was later elected head of the Petrograd Soviet, together with Lenin being the head of the Bolshevik party, which would now be known as the Russian Communist Party the two took control of the Russian Government. Nobody thought that the Communists would be in power for very long and even their political opponents believed that the Communist party would be overthrown very quickly. Even Vladimir Lenin himself thought the Communists would be able to hold power for 3 months at the longest. Lenin knew that in order to stay in power he would have to make true of his political promises.…
"The life of a revolutionary would be quite impossible without a certain amount of 'fatalism'.” (xix) From the foreword to the farewell, Trotsky makes his criteria clear when speaking of revolutionaries. He doesn't require that they all be stellar politicians or inspiring leaders, just that they be sincere in their revolutionary efforts as he said of Eugene Debs (pg 275). According to Trotsky, a true revolutionary has passion and temper and heeds his own intellectual interest when deciding what he believes to be the truth.…