• Trotsky took part in the 1917 October Revolution, immediately becoming leader with the communist party. • He was one of the seven members of the first Politburo. • He was a prominent figure in the early people’s commissar for foreigner affairs and later as the founder and commander of the Red Army.
Founded: Red army, Fourth international Born: 7th November 1879 Died: 21st August 1940 Coyoacán
• He was a Soviet revolutionary, Marxist theorist, and politician.
• He wrote books
• He is identified as an orthodox Marxist and Bolshevik-Leninist.
• He was one of the most important figures of the Russian Revolution, and of the early years of the Soviet Union.
• He was assassinated
• He was instrumental in turning he Red Army into an effective fighting force, allowing the new Soviet government to solidify its position against internal and external opposition
The roaring twenties were called this because this was after the US won WWII so everyone was celebrating. The US started prohibition, but people kept on drinking and partying. It got so bad and crazy that this was one for the main reasons for the Great Depression
