2018 paper Flashcards
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Q
Trotsky’s contribution to the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917 was greater than that of Lenin. assess the validity of this view. (For)
A
- Trotsky was unfailingly active, was arrested in July Days, became chairman of the Petrograd Soviet - turning it into an instrument of the Bolsheviks
- expert strategist, won the loyalty of the capitalist’s troops and created the MRC - necessary for takeover
