Open Letter to Professor Miliukov
Issues an open letter to liberal politician Pavel Miliukov during the political struggles of the 1905 Revolution.
Role range: 1898-1918
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Leon Trotsky Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Leon Trotsky through 326 dated historical records for Russia.
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1905–1917Years on this page
1905
Permanent Revolution
Develops ideas shaped by the Saint Petersburg Soviet experience.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1905-1905
Political Letter II
Writes Political Letter II during the revolutionary upheaval of 1905.
Role range: 1898-1918
The Events in Petersburg
Writes The Events in Petersburg during the revolutionary crisis that brings him back into Russian political activity.
Role range: 1898-1918
Revolutionary Mobilisation Spreads
Bloody Sunday helped trigger strikes and political agitation that developed into the Revolution of 1905.
Role range: 1905-1905
1906
Results and Prospects
Writes Results and Prospects, setting out his theory that the Russian revolution could pass directly toward workers' power.
Role range: 1898-1918
Speech Before the Court
Defends the actions of the Saint Petersburg Soviet in a major speech during the trial of its deputies.
Role range: 1898-1918
1907
Fifth Congress
Advocates positions between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1907-1907
Second Siberian Escape
Escapes while being transported to life exile in Siberia and returns to the European émigré political world.
Role range: 1898-1918
The Soviet and the Revolution
Writes The Soviet and the Revolution, examining the political significance of the workers' councils created in 1905.
Role range: 1898-1918
The Year 1905
Publishes The Year 1905, analyzing the revolution and the experience of the workers' Soviet.
Role range: 1898-1918
Vienna Emigre Residence
Settles in Vienna, which becomes his principal base for journalism and émigré Social Democratic activity.
Role range: 1898-1918
1908
Leo Tolstoy Poet and Rebel
Writes Leo Tolstoy, Poet and Rebel, combining literary criticism with an assessment of Tolstoy's social significance.
Role range: 1898-1918
1909
The Bankruptcy of Individual Terrorism
Writes The Bankruptcy of Individual Terrorism, arguing against individual assassination as a substitute for mass politics.
Role range: 1898-1918
The Young Turks
Writes The Young Turks while following revolutionary and constitutional developments in the Ottoman Empire.
Role range: 1898-1918
1910
On the Party Road
Publishes On the Party Road in Vienna Pravda while continuing to argue for unity among Russian Social Democrats.
Role range: 1898-1918
For Unity Beyond All Obstacles
Publishes For Unity: Beyond All Obstacles in Vienna Pravda, pressing his campaign for Social Democratic reunification.
Role range: 1898-1918
Pravda Vienna
Publishes Vienna Pravda as a non-factional Social Democratic paper.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1908-1912
The Intelligentsia and Socialism
Writes The Intelligentsia and Socialism, discussing the political role of intellectuals in the socialist movement.
Role range: 1898-1918
1911
Why Marxists Oppose Individual Terrorism
Writes Why Marxists Oppose Individual Terrorism, emphasizing organized class struggle over isolated acts of violence.
Role range: 1898-1918
1912
August Bloc Conference
Organizes a Vienna conference seeking to unite anti-Bolshevik and non-factional Social Democratic groups in the August Bloc.
Role range: 1898-1918
Balkan Wars Correspondent
Begins reporting from the Balkans for Kievskaya Mysl, covering the First and Second Balkan Wars as a correspondent.
Role range: 1898-1918
1913
The Balkan War and Socialism
Writes The Balkan War and Socialism while analyzing nationalism, war and socialist policy in southeastern Europe.
Role range: 1898-1918
Letter to Chkheidze
Writes to Nikolay Chkheidze during continuing disputes over Bolshevik organization and Social Democratic unity.
Role range: 1898-1918
1914
Parliamentarism and the Working Class
Writes Parliamentarism and the Working Class as part of his prewar discussion of socialist political strategy.
Role range: 1898-1918
Problems of Unity
Publishes Problems of Unity while continuing his effort to bridge divisions in Russian Social Democracy.
Role range: 1898-1918
The Struggle for Unity and a Marxist Center
Writes The Struggle for Unity and a Marxist Center shortly before the outbreak of the First World War.
Role range: 1898-1918
War and the International
Writes War and the International, opposing the world war and criticizing socialist parties that supported their national governments.
Role range: 1914-1918
Paris Wartime Journalism
Moves to France and works as an anti-war journalist during the first years of the First World War.
Role range: 1914-1918
Zurich Wartime Move
Moves from Vienna to neutral Zurich after the outbreak of war to avoid internment in Austria-Hungary.
Role range: 1914-1918
1915
Zimmerwald Conference
Attends the international socialist anti-war conference at Zimmerwald, which meets from 5 to 8 September.
Role range: 1914-1918
Zimmerwald Manifest
Drafts the Zimmerwald Manifest, adopted by the international socialist conference opposing the continuation of the war.
Role range: 1914-1918
First Year of the War
Writes First Year of the War as part of his continuing socialist opposition to the First World War.
Role range: 1914-1918
1916
Expulsion from France
Is expelled from France after sustained anti-war journalism and political activity during the First World War.
Role range: 1914-1918
Clemency
Writes Clemency during his final period of wartime political journalism in France.
Role range: 1914-1918
On the Events in Dublin
Writes On the Events in Dublin in response to the Easter Rising and the national struggle in Ireland.
Role range: 1914-1918
The Big Lie The Defence of Small Nations
Writes The Big Lie: The Defence of Small Nations, challenging wartime claims used to justify the conflict.
Role range: 1914-1918
The National Principle
Writes The National Principle, examining nationalism and the national question during the First World War.
Role range: 1914-1918
1917
Arrival in New York
Arrives in New York after expulsion from Europe and joins the Russian socialist émigré community.
Role range: 1914-1918
Bolshevik Party
Calls for the re-unification of the Bolsheviks & Mensheviks
Role range: 1917-1918
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