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While in London, Trotsky conspired with Vladimir Lenin on a revolutionary newspaper called Iskra that targeted Russian socialist-democrats. 1n 1903, Trotsky married his second wife, Natalia Ivanovna, and had two sons together. Trotsky made a decision to return to Russia when the news of Bloody Sunday arrived to him. The majority of the year 1905, Trotsky wrote articles in newspapers and other public sources to motivate and stimulate the uprisings and public protests that challenged Czar Nicholas II’s power during the 1905 Revolution. By the end of 1905, Trotsky had acclaimed a spot as a leader of the Russian Revolution. Once again, Leon Trotsky was arrested for his involvement in revolutionary activity and was exiled to Siberia in 1907. Trotsky escaped from prison, and did not return to Russia until after February 1917, when the Czar Nicholas was overthrown from the Russian …show more content…
Leon Trotsky had an outstanding record as military general and administrator, and was a major figure of the Bolshevik Party victory of the Russian Revolution. Although he was unable to win again Joseph Stalin influence, scholars say that if Trotsky had been the successor of Lenin, the fate of the Russian Government would have had a better and brighter future. For many years after his death, Trotsky was discredited in the Soviet Union; however in 2001 Trotsky’s reputation had been “rehabilitated” (courtesy of the Russian Government). So today in history, Leon Trotsky is known for being the brightest and most intellect leader of the Communist Revolution, and maybe if he was not taken advantage of by deceitful men, like Joseph Stalin, the history of the Russia would have been very