Leon Trotsky Biography and Timeline — Page 8

A Letter from Exile in Alma-Ata

Writes from internal exile in Alma-Ata while maintaining political contact with supporters of the Left Opposition.

Role range: 1917-1991

Reply to Stalin

Writes Reply to Stalin from exile as the political conflict with the Soviet leadership continues.

The Third International After Lenin

Writes The Third International After Lenin as a criticism of the Communist International's draft program and strategy.

Role range: 1919-1943

Exile of Leon Trotsky

Trotsky is expelled from Russia

Role range: 1917-1991

Exile of Leon Trotsky

Trotsky is refused political asylum in France

Role range: 1917-1991

Exile of Leon Trotsky

Trotsky is refused political asylum in Germany

Role range: 1917-1991

Exile of Leon Trotsky

Trotsky is refused political asylum in Britain

Role range: 1917-1991

Open Letter to the Workers of the USSR

Addresses Soviet workers from exile after his deportation from the Soviet Union.

Role range: 1917-1991

The Defense of the Soviet Union and the Opposition

Writes The Defense of the Soviet Union and the Opposition, defining his position toward the Soviet state from exile.

Role range: 1917-1991

Comintern

Trotsky claimed that the 3rd Period policies of the Comintern had contributed to the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany. The Trotskyists organised themselves into the International Left Opposition, which is intended to be a group of anti-Stalinist dissenters within the 3rd International. Stalins supporters, who dominated the International, would no longer tolerate dissent, all Trotskyists, and those suspected of being influenced by Trotskyism, are expelled

Role range: 1917-1991

International, 3rd

The Trotskyists organised themselves into the International Left Opposition, which is intended to be a group of anti-Stalinist dissenters within the 3rd International. Stalins supporters, who dominated the International, would no longer tolerate dissent, all Trotskyists, and those suspected of being influenced by Trotskyism, are expelled

Role range: 1917-1991

My Life

Publishes My Life, his autobiography recounting his political development, revolutions, government service and exile.

Role range: 1917-1991

Germany the Key to the International Situation

Writes Germany, the Key to the International Situation, warning that the German crisis has decisive international consequences.

Role range: 1919-1943

In Defense of October

Delivers In Defense of October in Copenhagen, presenting a public defense and historical interpretation of the Russian Revolution.

Role range: 1917-1991

Exile of Leon Trotsky

Granted asylum in France

Role range: 1917-1991

Exile of Leon Trotsky

Trotsky is offered asylum in France by Daladier, he stayed first at Royan, then at Barbizon, he was not allowed to visit Paris

Role range: 1917-1991

Build Communist Parties and an International Anew

Calls for new Communist parties and a new international after concluding that the existing Comintern cannot be reformed.

Role range: 1919-1943

For the Fourth International

Writes For the Fourth International while campaigning to create a new revolutionary international independent of the Comintern.

Role range: 1919-1943

Comintern

Claims that the Comintern had fallen irredeemably into the hands of the Stalinist bureaucracy

Role range: 1917-1991

Exile of Leon Trotsky

Feels no longer welcome in France, moves to Norway, a guest of Konrad Knudsen near Oslo

Role range: 1917-1991

Open Letter for the Fourth International

Issues an open letter advocating the construction of a Fourth International.

Role range: 1919-1943

Purge

Made against "terrorist activity of Trotskyite-Zinoviev counter-revolutionary bloc"

Role range: 1917-1991

Bolshevik Party

During the trial, Zinoviev, Kamenev and 14 other accused, most of them prominent Old Bolsheviks, confessed to having plotted with Trotsky to kill Stalin and other members of the Soviet leadership

Role range: 1917-1991

Plot

The court found everybody guilty and sentenced the defendants to death, Trotsky in absentia. During the trial, Zinoviev, Kamenev and 14 other accused, most of them prominent Old Bolsheviks, confessed to having plotted with Trotsky to kill Stalin and other members of the Soviet leadership

Role range: 1917-1991

Terrorism

The first Moscow show trial of the so-called "Trotskyite-Zinovievite Terrorist Center" was staged in front of an international audience. During the trial, Zinoviev, Kamenev and 14 other accused, most of them prominent Old Bolsheviks, confessed to having plotted with Trotsky to kill Stalin and other members of the Soviet leadership

Role range: 1917-1991

Trial

The first Moscow show trial of the so-called "Trotskyite-Zinovievite Terrorist Center" was staged in front of an international audience. The court found everybody guilty and sentenced the defendants to death, Trotsky in absentia

Role range: 1917-1991

The Revolution Betrayed

Publishes The Revolution Betrayed, analyzing Soviet bureaucracy and arguing for political revolution against Stalinist rule.

Role range: 1917-1991

Purge

Made against "terrorist activity of Trotskyite-Zinoviev counter-revolutionary bloc". The most infamous case is that of Leon Trotsky, whose family was almost annihilated, before he himself was killed in Mexico by NKVD agent Ramon Mercader, who was part of an assassination task force put together by Special Agent Pavel Sudoplato

Trial

The second show trial of Karl Radek, Grigory Sokolnikov, Yuri Pyatakov and 14 others took place in January 1937, with even more alleged conspiracies and crimes linked to Trotsky

Role range: 1917-1991

Trial

An independent "Commission of Inquiry" into the charges made against Trotsky and others at the "Moscow Trials" was held in Coyoacan, with John Dewey as chairman, the findings were published in the book Not Guilty

Role range: 1917-1991

Arrest of Leon Trotsky

Allegedly under influence from Russia, is put under house arrest

Role range: 1917-1991

Exile of Leon Trotsky

Allegedly under influence from Russia, is put under house arrest

Role range: 1917-1991

The Stalin School of Falsification

Publishes The Stalin School of Falsification, challenging Stalinist accounts of the history of the Bolshevik movement and revolution.

Role range: 1917-1991

Assassination of Lev Sedov

Assassination of Lev Sedov, Trotskys son, by Stalins secret police

Role range: 1917-1991

Comintern

Trotsky and his supporters founded the 4th International, which was intended to be a revolutionary and internationalist alternative to the Stalinist Comintern

Role range: 1917-1991

International, 4th

Trotsky and his supporters founded the 4th International, which was intended to be a revolutionary and internationalist alternative to the Stalinist Comintern

Role range: 1917-1991

Trial

Tried in absentia by Stalin, the secret police, the GPU, are sent to hunt Trotsky down

Role range: 1917-1991

The Transitional Program for Socialist Revolution

Writes the Transitional Program, setting out demands and strategy for the movement that establishes the Fourth International.

Role range: 1919-1943

The USSR and the War

Writes The USSR and the War after the Soviet-German pact and the outbreak of the Second World War.

Role range: 1917-1991

Trotskys Testament

Trotsky wrote a document known as "Trotskys Testament", in which he expressed his final thoughts and feelings for posterity

Role range: 1917-1991