Leon Trotsky Biography and Timeline — Page 6

May Day and the International

Writes May Day and the International, linking the Russian Revolution with the wider international socialist movement.

Role range: 1919-1943

History of the Russian Revolution to Brest-Litovsk

Writes History of the Russian Revolution to Brest-Litovsk, presenting his account of the revolution and early Soviet government.

Role range: 1917-1918

The Principles of Democracy and Proletarian Dictatorship

Writes The Principles of Democracy and Proletarian Dictatorship during debates over the political character of Soviet power.

Role range: 1917-1918

Declaration of Death Penalty

Orders the death penalty for "bagmen" of foodstuffs

Role range: 1917-1918

Work Discipline and Order

Issues Work, Discipline, and Order to Save the Socialist Soviet Republic during efforts to organize the new Red Army.

Role range: 1918-1920

Bolshevik Party

Bolshevik forces, filling the vacuum left by the German withdrawal, take Kiev

Role range: 1918-1920

Capture of Kiev

Bolshevik forces, filling the vacuum left by the German withdrawal, take Kiev

Role range: 1918-1920

World Revolution Appeal

Supports the Comintern as a tool of international revolutionary strategy

Role range: 1919-1943 – 1917-1918

Defence of Petrograd

Helps organise Red defence against Yudenich.

Role range: 1917-1922 – 1918-1925

Bolshevik Party

Drafts "Theses" for the Central Committee advocating disciplined armies of workers

Conscription

Drafts "Theses" for the Central Committee advocating disciplined armies of workers

Bolshevik Party

The Commission on Labour Obligation is created by Trotsky. The CLO begins the "militarization of labour". Persuades Lenin to create a Commission on Labor Obligation with Trotsky as President

CLO

The Commission on Labour Obligation is created by Trotsky. The CLO begins the "militarization of labour"

Conscription

Persuades Lenin to create a Commission on Labor Obligation with Trotsky as President

Politburo

The Politburo is first composed of Lenin, Trotsky, Kamanev, Bukharin & Stalin

Role range: 1917-1991

Invitation to the First World Congress

Helps issue the invitation to the First World Congress that establishes the Communist International in Moscow.

Role range: 1919-1943

Manifesto of the Communist International

Writes the manifesto adopted by the Communist International's First World Congress addressing workers internationally.

Role range: 1919-1943

Problems of the Army During the Civil War

Addresses organizational and command problems facing the Red Army during the Civil War.

Role range: 1918-1920

Rallying the Army During the Civil War

Delivers a speech on rallying and organizing the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.

Role range: 1918-1920

Congress of Trades Unions, 3rd

At the Congress speaks in favour of the compulsory conscription of Labor

Role range: 1917-1991

Manifesto of the Second World Congress

Contributes to the manifesto of the Communist International's Second World Congress.

Role range: 1919-1943

Nationalism in Lenin

Writes Nationalism in Lenin while discussing Lenin's approach to internationalism and national questions.

Role range: 1919-1943

Terrorism and Communism

Publishes Terrorism and Communism, defending Bolshevik revolutionary methods in a polemic against Karl Kautsky.

Role range: 1919-1943

Rebellion of Leon Trotsky

Leads the army units against the Kronstadt sailors

Role range: 1917-1991

Rebellion of Leon Trotsky

Leads the army units against the Kronstadt sailors

Role range: 1917-1918

Rebellion of Leon Trotsky

Leads the army units against the Kronstadt sailors

Kronstadt Rebellion

Orders the rebels to submit to Soviet authority.

Role range: 1917-1922 – 1918-1925

Kronstadt Rebellion

Supports suppression of the Kronstadt revolt.

Role range: 1917-1922 – 1918-1925

Kronstadt Rebellion

Threatens severe punishment unless the sailors surrender.

Role range: 1917-1922 – 1918-1925

Kronstadt Rebellion

Defends the suppression as necessary for Soviet survival.

Role range: 1917-1922 – 1918-1925

Commissar

Appointed Commissar for Foreign Affairs

Role range: 1917-1991

Dismissal

Dismisses leading Russian diplomats including ambassadors in London, Washington & Rome

Role range: 1917-1991

Gosplan

Gosplan quickly becomes a leading bureaucratic advocate for central planning and expanded investment in heavy industry, with Leon Trotsky one of the leading political patrons of the agency

Role range: 1917-1991

A School of Revolutionary Strategy

Writes A School of Revolutionary Strategy following the Third Congress of the Communist International.

Role range: 1919-1943

Lessons of the Paris Commune

Writes Lessons of the Paris Commune, drawing strategic conclusions from the 1871 revolutionary government in Paris.

Role range: 1919-1943

Between Red and White

Publishes Between Red and White, examining revolution, counter-revolution and the national question in the Caucasus.

Role range: 1917-1991

Gosplan

A new decree expands Gosoplan's role for both "long-term" and "immediate" plans for production

Role range: 1917-1991

Gosplan

Gosplan is to be consulted regarding proposed economic and financial decrees submitted to the Council of Peoples Commissars by the Peoples Commissariat

Role range: 1917-1991

New Economic Policy and World Revolution

Discusses the New Economic Policy of Soviet Russia and its relationship to the prospects for world revolution.

Role range: 1917-1991

The Trade Unions and the Soviet State

Writes The Trade Unions and the Soviet State, discussing labor organizations under the new Soviet political system.

Role range: 1917-1991