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Political figure profile
trotsky
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He became a leading spokesman of the St. Petersburg Soviet (council) of Workers’ Deputies when it organized a revolutionary strike movement (1905)
In 1907, after a second exile to Siberia, Trotsky once again escaped.
At the outbreak of World War I, Trotsky joined the majority of Russian Social-Democrats who condemned the war and refused to support the war effort of the tsarist regime.
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In August, while still in jail, Trotsky was formally admitted to the Bolshevik Party and was also elected to membership on the Bolshevik Central Committee.
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Lenin
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wrote April thesis: "Peace, Bread, Land"
set decrees: land, worker and peace decree fulfilling the peoples wants to gain their support
created NEP: ended requisitioning, state had control over industires, rationing ended
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Kamenev
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Was on the left of the Communist Party, and was against the New Economic Policy
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Married Trotsky's sister, Olga Davidovna
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Stalin
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Rise to power
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Used his position as General Secretary of the Communist Party to promote allies and sideline opponents.
After Lenin's death (1924), outmaneuvered rivals (Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev) during the power struggle.
Economy
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Focus on heavy industry (coal, steel, machinery); consumer goods neglected.
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Agriculture
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Led to famine (notably the Holodomor in Ukraine, 1932–33); millions died.
Red Terror (1936–1938)
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Show trials, executions, and gulag imprisonments.
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Cold War Legacy
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Died in 1953; legacy is mixed: credited with industrializing USSR but remembered for brutal repression.